The International Monetary Fund is disbursing another USD75.6 million from its Facility of Protection against External Shock to help Senegal weather the global financial crisis. The fund said 2008 was a specially difficult year for Senegal, which has been dealing with energy and food price increases since 2006. (“IMF approves USD75.6 mln in anti-crisis support to Senegal” - Xinhua News Agency, Dec. 21, 2008)