(Adds IMF spokesperson paragraphs 5-6, details from paragraph 7) By Portia Crowe

DAKAR, Oct 3 - The International Monetary Fund is not planning to vote on Friday on a debt misreporting waiver that would let Senegal access fresh cash, despite the subject being discussed at a board meeting, two sources close to the matter told Reuters. The country has been expecting the waiver since May, but it has yet to complete certain criteria needed for a formal board vote, the sources said.

The IMF froze Senegal's previous $1.8 billion lending programme after the country's then-newly elected leaders uncovered billions in unreported debt - a sum that has since ballooned to more than $11 billion. Senegal hopes for a waiver to allow the IMF to disburse new money under a new programme. Both sources said

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