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25 Feb 20
A trio of African nations has received a €9m grant from the European Investment Bank towards a hydropower project to supply renewable energy to millions of people.
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14 Feb 20
Africa’s 50-year plan to become an economic powerhouse has gathered momentum, according to the African Union’s first report on the project’s progress.
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11 Feb 20
Aid from many of the world’s richest countries fell between 2017 and 2018, newly released data from the OECD shows.
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11 Feb 20
African nations must do better on tackling hunger, leaders at a summit have said.
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11 Feb 20
Smaller countries around China are vulnerable to economic impact from the coronavirus outbreak, even if they have no confirmed cases, new research has suggested.
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10 Feb 20
Many areas are being ‘left behind’ in the Middle East and North Africa, with location regularly forming a barrier to prosperity for the region’s citizens, a World Bank report has found.
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7 Feb 20
Education has been the cornerstone of massive achievements in Ethiopia since it emerged from years of civil war and extreme famine, but significant challenges remain.
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4 Feb 20
Money the EU should be spending on fostering security and resilience in Africa is increasingly being used to close borders and stifle migration, Oxfam researchers have revealed.
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31 Jan 20
“Urgent” action is needed to develop people’s skills in Africa, where low human capital risks future economic growth, the African Development Bank has said.
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30 Jan 20
Lebanon’s 2020 budget has been passed by its parliament, with politicians desperate to see off an economic crisis.
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28 Jan 20
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has withdrawn his request for immunity from charges during his corruption scandal.
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27 Jan 20
Child malnutrition costs The Gambia 5.1% of its annual GDP, according to a new study.
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24 Jan 20
Improving security in the Central African Republic provides the war-torn country with an opportunity to stabilise its economy and boost growth, according to the World Bank.
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24 Jan 20
China has emerged as the country that donates the most international aid. But is it really the force for good it claims to be?
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24 Jan 20
South Africa’s post-apartheid constitution is arguably one of the best in the world, but public money is still not used as well as it could be to improve the lives of women and girls.
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24 Jan 20
But is Zimbabwe any better off since the triumphant scenes that ushered in a new president and ended a 37-year dictatorship?
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23 Jan 20
Sub-Saharan Africa remains the most corrupt region in the world, according to Transparency International.
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21 Jan 20
The UK government will no longer use foreign aid to fund the global coal industry, prime minister Boris Johnson has announced.
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17 Jan 20
Dutch auditors are helping Sudan’s National Audit Chamber to push for better public finance management and stamp out corruption.
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17 Jan 20
A record 45 million people in southern Africa face grave food insecurity, following droughts, flooding and struggling national economies, a UN agency has warned.
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15 Jan 20
A UN official has blasted the Lebanese government for watching the economy collapse, amid a political and financial crisis that has lasted for months.
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14 Jan 20
Inaction on climate change is not an option with island nations especially at risk from its effects, a senior UN official has warned an international conference.
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9 Jan 20
Burdensome debts are forcing poor countries to cut public spending - a situation campaigners have described as a “recipe for disaster”.
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7 Jan 20
Protesters against George Weah’s Liberian government gathered in the capital yesterday, with demonstrators angry at his handling of the struggling economy.
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19 Dec 19
Angola has recovered more than $5bn in stolen assets in 2019 as a result of its efforts to stamp out corruption.