The World Bank on Monday lowered its 2016 sub-Saharan African growth forecast to 3.3 percent from a previous forecast of 4.4 percent in October, citing plunging global commodity prices. The bank said the commodity price rout, particularly for oil which fell 67 percent from June 2014 to December 201
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