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15 Mar 16
The European Commission has announced a further €445m in humanitarian aid for the Syria crisis in 2016 as part of its pledge to deliver over €3bn for the Syrian people this year.
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15 Mar 16
The International Monetary Fund has approved a new $1.5bn package for Kenya that can be drawn down by the country to support planned public financial management reforms.
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14 Mar 16
The way the UK’s counter-terrorism policies hamper the work of aid organisations in Syria in particular is “foolish and unfair”, two former international development secretaries...
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11 Mar 16
The United Nations Development Programme has come to a €59m funding agreement with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Chad.
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10 Mar 16
South Africa’s schools were a public sector corruption hotspot in 2015, according to a national corruption watchdog.
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10 Mar 16
Zimbabwe needs to “act now” to counter economic difficulties, with fiscal belt-tightening and reengagement with the international financial community key priorities, the International Monetary Fund...
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9 Mar 16
The African Development Bank has won Green Climate Fund accreditation, meaning funds can now be channelled to the continent through the bank as an implementing agency.
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9 Mar 16
Efforts to build resilience to infectious diseases like Ebola are futile unless they also address systematic gender inequality, the African Development Bank has said.
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7 Mar 16
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has called for $13m by the end of March to support more than 600,000 people affected by severe drought in Ethiopia.
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7 Mar 16
The lure of natural resources can trump concerns around corruption, poor infrastructure and unfavourable business conditions for foreigners looking to invest in Africa, professional services firm...
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4 Mar 16
Tunisia looks set to receive four years of International Monetary Fund assistance, worth $2.8bn in total, to support its economic reform programme.
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4 Mar 16
The international community must provide the promised funding needed to fill the almost half a billion dollar gap in Syria’s health sector, the World Health Organisation's regional director has said.
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1 Mar 16
The United States international development agency USAID has announced a further $20m in emergency food assistance for Iraq.
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1 Mar 16
The Nigerian finance ministry has announced savings of 2.29bn naira ($11.5m) after an audit revealed almost 24,000 non-existent workers on the government’s payroll.
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29 Feb 16
The World Bank has approved a $70m project to address the high levels of unemployment among university graduates in Tunisia.
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26 Feb 16
The United Nations emergency fund has released $21m to deliver humanitarian aid for those affected by conflict and connected food insecurity in South Sudan.
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26 Feb 16
A meeting of the Southern African Development Committee that concludes today marks a “litmus test” in whether the region will cope with an increasingly dire food crisis, Oxfam has said.
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26 Feb 16
The African Development Bank will deliver almost $1.5bn in financing to Tanzania and the Seychelles over the next five years.
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25 Feb 16
Nigeria will need to curb government spending and implement structural reforms if its economy is to rebound from collapsing oil prices, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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25 Feb 16
A Ugandan farmers’ association has called on the United Nations to sever its ties to an agriculture firm accused of land-grabbing and deforestation in the country.
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23 Feb 16
Russia and the US have reached a new deal to enforce a ceasefire in Syria from 27 February, subject to agreement between warring parties.
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22 Feb 16
The humanitarian crisis in Libya is worsening as the aid community struggles with a mere 2.6% of the required funding, the chief of the United Nations mission in Libya has warned.
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19 Feb 16
The United Nations has appealed for $1.8bn in aid for Yemen to provide humanitarian support for 13.6 million people in the country affected by its civil war.
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19 Feb 16
The government of Liberia and US international development agency USAID have signed a financing agreement worth almost $60m to support maternal, neonatal and child health care services in the country...
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18 Feb 16
Nepotism, a lack of political integrity and impunity for the powerful have undermined the effectiveness of billions of dollars of international funds in Afghanistan, Transparency International has...
15 Mar 16The European Commission has announced a further €445m in humanitarian aid for the Syria crisis in 2016 as part of its pledge to deliver over €3bn for the Syrian people this year.
15 Mar 16The International Monetary Fund has approved a new $1.5bn package for Kenya that can be drawn down by the country to support planned public financial management reforms.
14 Mar 16The way the UK’s counter-terrorism policies hamper the work of aid organisations in Syria in particular is “foolish and unfair”, two former international development secretaries...
11 Mar 16The United Nations Development Programme has come to a €59m funding agreement with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Chad.
10 Mar 16South Africa’s schools were a public sector corruption hotspot in 2015, according to a national corruption watchdog.
10 Mar 16Zimbabwe needs to “act now” to counter economic difficulties, with fiscal belt-tightening and reengagement with the international financial community key priorities, the International Monetary Fund...
9 Mar 16The African Development Bank has won Green Climate Fund accreditation, meaning funds can now be channelled to the continent through the bank as an implementing agency.
9 Mar 16Efforts to build resilience to infectious diseases like Ebola are futile unless they also address systematic gender inequality, the African Development Bank has said.
7 Mar 16The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has called for $13m by the end of March to support more than 600,000 people affected by severe drought in Ethiopia.
7 Mar 16The lure of natural resources can trump concerns around corruption, poor infrastructure and unfavourable business conditions for foreigners looking to invest in Africa, professional services firm...
4 Mar 16Tunisia looks set to receive four years of International Monetary Fund assistance, worth $2.8bn in total, to support its economic reform programme.
4 Mar 16The international community must provide the promised funding needed to fill the almost half a billion dollar gap in Syria’s health sector, the World Health Organisation's regional director has said.
1 Mar 16The United States international development agency USAID has announced a further $20m in emergency food assistance for Iraq.
1 Mar 16The Nigerian finance ministry has announced savings of 2.29bn naira ($11.5m) after an audit revealed almost 24,000 non-existent workers on the government’s payroll.
29 Feb 16The World Bank has approved a $70m project to address the high levels of unemployment among university graduates in Tunisia.
26 Feb 16The United Nations emergency fund has released $21m to deliver humanitarian aid for those affected by conflict and connected food insecurity in South Sudan.
26 Feb 16The African Development Bank will deliver almost $1.5bn in financing to Tanzania and the Seychelles over the next five years.
25 Feb 16Nigeria will need to curb government spending and implement structural reforms if its economy is to rebound from collapsing oil prices, the International Monetary Fund has said.
25 Feb 16A Ugandan farmers’ association has called on the United Nations to sever its ties to an agriculture firm accused of land-grabbing and deforestation in the country.
22 Feb 16The humanitarian crisis in Libya is worsening as the aid community struggles with a mere 2.6% of the required funding, the chief of the United Nations mission in Libya has warned.
19 Feb 16The United Nations has appealed for $1.8bn in aid for Yemen to provide humanitarian support for 13.6 million people in the country affected by its civil war.
19 Feb 16The government of Liberia and US international development agency USAID have signed a financing agreement worth almost $60m to support maternal, neonatal and child health care services in the country...
18 Feb 16Nepotism, a lack of political integrity and impunity for the powerful have undermined the effectiveness of billions of dollars of international funds in Afghanistan, Transparency International has...
