THE International Monetary Fund will not impose conditions and policies on African countries, the IMF chief has said. IMF managing director Horst Koehler told a news conference at the end of a one-day visit to Mozambique late Thursday that instead it will give priority to dialogue. “The IMF is not here … to lecture, to force, to dominate with something governments do not want”, the IMF chief said. Koehler said that all his institution wanted is to give “the best advice with the best expertise we have”. He warned, however, that the IMF had to be serious to safeguard its money. Countries undergoing economic reforms backed by the IMF and the World Bank have accused the IMF of dictating conditions for its aid. Koehler left Mozambique on Friday morning for neighbouring South Africa on the last leg of an African tour.