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11 Feb 16
Iran’s development bank for industries and mining has signed its first post-sanctions financing agreement with India’s Export-Import Bank to develop Iran’s railways.
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10 Feb 16
Zimbabwe’s government has appealed to local businesses and charities for $1.5bn in aid to feed more than a quarter of its population who are going hungry due to severe drought.
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10 Feb 16
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the founding of the African Union. Adopted in May 2001 and launched a year later, it replaced the Organization for African Unity and intends to unify the...
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10 Feb 16
The humanitarian community is appealing for urgent funding as aid workers race against the clock to scale up their response to unprecedented levels of hunger in South Sudan.
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9 Feb 16
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has stressed that more inclusive governance is vital not only to reducing poverty and promoting prosperity, but also tackling problems like violent extremism and...
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9 Feb 16
The European Union is to support the delivery of public services and encourage better public financial management in Liberia with financing agreements totalling $64m.
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8 Feb 16
Three United Nations agencies have warned that South Sudan is facing unprecedented levels of food insecurity and called for unfettered humanitarian access a week after a bill was passed placing...
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5 Feb 16
The United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency launched a $414m appeal for its work with Palestinian refugees affected by the conflict in Syria amidst the high-level donors’ conference in London...
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5 Feb 16
Zimbabwe will need to make substantial improvements in the allocation and efficiency of public spending to shore up its economy against headwinds and ensure growth is inclusive, the World Bank has...
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5 Feb 16
The first element of the world’s largest solar plant was switched on in Morocco yesterday, a major step towards massively reducing the country’s oil dependency.
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5 Feb 16
The Syria donor’s conference held in London yesterday secured pledges of over $10bn – the largest ever raised for a humanitarian appeal in one day.
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4 Feb 16
Commitments worth more than $2bn and focused on advancing job opportunities and economic development in the countries neighbouring Syria have been made in the third round of pledges at today’s...
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4 Feb 16
A second round of pledges focused on delivering humanitarian aid for Syria has closed today with funding commitments for 2016 totaling $4.8bn.
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4 Feb 16
A high-level conference that hopes to rally international support for the Syrian crisis has opened today with pledges worth billions of pounds from the event’s hosts.
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3 Feb 16
Humanitarian workers in Mali have appealed for $354m to help 1 million people, mainly in the northern and central areas of the country, who have been affected by conflict.
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3 Feb 16
The rate of young refugees arriving in Europe has dramatically increased since last year, with one in three of those arriving now being children, UNICEF has warned.
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3 Feb 16
A £4.5m UK aid package will fund the “last push” in the eradication of Guinea worm, the country’s Department for International Development has declared.
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3 Feb 16
The government of Nigeria has appealed for a $1bn budget support loan from the African Development Bank and for greater collaboration on its development priorities.
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2 Feb 16
A United Nations-backed humanitarian appeal for Libya has achieved barely 1% of its needed funding almost two months after its launch, a senior UN official for the North African country warned today...
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2 Feb 16
A colonial-era tax treaty between Malawi and the UK is costing the African country significant amounts of lost tax revenue and must be reformed, the charity ActionAid said today.
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2 Feb 16
In the wake of the steep decline in commodity prices, sub-Saharan Africa needs to restore competitiveness to diversify its economies, sustain its impressive growth and create jobs for its growing...
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2 Feb 16
The United Nations emergency response fund has released $100m for severely under-funded aid operations in nine neglected emergencies across Africa and in North Korea.
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1 Feb 16
Small, middle-income countries (SMICs) in sub-Saharan Africa should prioritise investments that generate wide economic benefits and rationalise regulations that hinder the private sector in order to...
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1 Feb 16
Ethiopia has become the seventh African country to sign up to the UK’s Energy Africa campaign, which aims to capitalise on solar power to accelerate universal energy access in sub-Saharan Africa.
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1 Feb 16
Against the backdrop of tentative peace talks, donors and the humanitarian community are preparing for a major conference on the Syrian crisis later this week.
11 Feb 16Iran’s development bank for industries and mining has signed its first post-sanctions financing agreement with India’s Export-Import Bank to develop Iran’s railways.
10 Feb 16Zimbabwe’s government has appealed to local businesses and charities for $1.5bn in aid to feed more than a quarter of its population who are going hungry due to severe drought.
10 Feb 16This year marks the 15th anniversary of the founding of the African Union. Adopted in May 2001 and launched a year later, it replaced the Organization for African Unity and intends to unify the...
10 Feb 16The humanitarian community is appealing for urgent funding as aid workers race against the clock to scale up their response to unprecedented levels of hunger in South Sudan.
9 Feb 16World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has stressed that more inclusive governance is vital not only to reducing poverty and promoting prosperity, but also tackling problems like violent extremism and...
9 Feb 16The European Union is to support the delivery of public services and encourage better public financial management in Liberia with financing agreements totalling $64m.
5 Feb 16The United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency launched a $414m appeal for its work with Palestinian refugees affected by the conflict in Syria amidst the high-level donors’ conference in London...
5 Feb 16Zimbabwe will need to make substantial improvements in the allocation and efficiency of public spending to shore up its economy against headwinds and ensure growth is inclusive, the World Bank has...
5 Feb 16The first element of the world’s largest solar plant was switched on in Morocco yesterday, a major step towards massively reducing the country’s oil dependency.
5 Feb 16The Syria donor’s conference held in London yesterday secured pledges of over $10bn – the largest ever raised for a humanitarian appeal in one day.
4 Feb 16Commitments worth more than $2bn and focused on advancing job opportunities and economic development in the countries neighbouring Syria have been made in the third round of pledges at today’s...
4 Feb 16A second round of pledges focused on delivering humanitarian aid for Syria has closed today with funding commitments for 2016 totaling $4.8bn.
4 Feb 16A high-level conference that hopes to rally international support for the Syrian crisis has opened today with pledges worth billions of pounds from the event’s hosts.
3 Feb 16Humanitarian workers in Mali have appealed for $354m to help 1 million people, mainly in the northern and central areas of the country, who have been affected by conflict.
3 Feb 16The rate of young refugees arriving in Europe has dramatically increased since last year, with one in three of those arriving now being children, UNICEF has warned.
3 Feb 16A £4.5m UK aid package will fund the “last push” in the eradication of Guinea worm, the country’s Department for International Development has declared.
3 Feb 16The government of Nigeria has appealed for a $1bn budget support loan from the African Development Bank and for greater collaboration on its development priorities.
2 Feb 16A United Nations-backed humanitarian appeal for Libya has achieved barely 1% of its needed funding almost two months after its launch, a senior UN official for the North African country warned today...
2 Feb 16A colonial-era tax treaty between Malawi and the UK is costing the African country significant amounts of lost tax revenue and must be reformed, the charity ActionAid said today.
2 Feb 16In the wake of the steep decline in commodity prices, sub-Saharan Africa needs to restore competitiveness to diversify its economies, sustain its impressive growth and create jobs for its growing...
2 Feb 16The United Nations emergency response fund has released $100m for severely under-funded aid operations in nine neglected emergencies across Africa and in North Korea.
1 Feb 16Small, middle-income countries (SMICs) in sub-Saharan Africa should prioritise investments that generate wide economic benefits and rationalise regulations that hinder the private sector in order to...
1 Feb 16Ethiopia has become the seventh African country to sign up to the UK’s Energy Africa campaign, which aims to capitalise on solar power to accelerate universal energy access in sub-Saharan Africa.
1 Feb 16Against the backdrop of tentative peace talks, donors and the humanitarian community are preparing for a major conference on the Syrian crisis later this week.
