World News Africa

Africa's poorest 'should refuse to repay debt' (07-07-04)

IMF and World Bank Support US$850 million in Debt Service Relief for Senegal  (19-04-04)

Honour debt to Ethiopia  (19-04-04)

The IMF and the World Bank Support US$1.2 Billion in Debt Relief for Niger Under the Enhanced HIPC Initiative (08-04-04)

Debt relief for Niger and Ethiopia (29-03-04)

Congo (Democratic Republic) Reaches Decision Point (24-09-03)

The Long Reach of King Cotton (05-08-03)

Return to Ethiopia, by Bob Geldof   (22-05-03)

Poor nations hit by debt relief with strings attached    (20-04-03)

40 million starving 'as world watches Iraq'   (09-04-03)

Benin becomes eighth country to receive debt write-off under HIPC (02-04-03)

At last, some progress on HIPC: Mali reaches Completion Point (11-03-03)

Ethiopian Prime Minister says HIPC is failing (05-03-03)

Resolving the Debt Crises: Remedial Initiatives. By Akin Arikawe Vanguard (Lagos) (27-01-03)

Nestle u-turn on Ethiopia debt (24-01-03)

Ethiopia faces £330m claims (24-12-02)

Nestle claims £3.7m from famine-hit Ethiopia (19-12-02)

Abacha link disrupts Nigerian bond plans (06-12-02)

Uganda and the Shortcomings of the HIPC initiative (05-12-02)

Debt and Famine in Ethiopia (12-11-02)

African finance ministers call for alignment of debt relief with MDGs (22-10-02)

HIPC Finance Ministers call for faster, deeper debt relief (01-10-02)

Earth summit. Mark Oliver and Simon Jeffery look at the issues faced by the UN's world conference on sustainable development in Johannesburg (09-09-02)

A bold proposal for poor African nations: Forget the debt (19-08-02)

Top Officials Probed in Relation to Food Crisis (16-08-02)

In Malawi, Many to Blame for Food Crisis, Challis McDonough Nampuma (12-08-02)

IMF boss blames World Bank and EU for Malawi blunder (04-07-02)

Low expectations from the G8 meeting as Blair admits that Africa faces a long haul out of poverty… (26-06-02)

IMF denies telling Malawi to sell food (29-05-02)

US Treasury Secretary rejects IMF claim that Uganda cannot absorb further aid. (29-05-02)

Tanazania - air traffic control system (24-05-02)

To help Africa battle AIDS, write off its debt (24-05-02)

Zambia: The poor getting poorer (24-05-02)

Obasanjo on Nigeria's deal to repatriate Abacha money. (20-05-02)

Nigeria Rejects IMF Monitoring (08-03-02)

Paris Club Creditors Reduce Tanzania's Debt - But UK Government is Determined To Pile On More (17-01-02)

Ethiopia's $11.5m debt forgiven (15-11-01)

Zambia: Growth forecasts lowered (14-11-01)

Ethiopia: Debt relief seen as high-priced (13-11-01)

Jubilee Plus Press Release: Drops of Oil in a Sea of Poverty (13-11-01)

Sao Tome and Principe: project targets 40% of population (13-11-01)

160 Nations Agree To Warming Pact (10-11-01)

The Poor Meets The Rich At Qatar Summit (07-11-01)

Germany cancels Ethiopia's debt (05-11-01)

Debt Relief And Poverty Eradication Conference in Kampala (05-11-01)

Ghana - prisoner of the IMF (05-11-01)

Group calls for debt swaps to ease burden (19-10-01)

Shell sues Nigerian community for $25m (22-10-01)

Aids hits skilled economy (22-10-01)

Court Gives UK Go-ahead to Trace Abacha Loot (19-10-01)

The Co-ordinator of Uganda Debt Network, Zie Geriyo is recovering after being shot (18-10-01)

The Co-ordinator of Uganda Debt Network, Zie Gariyo has been shot (17-10-01)

Obasanjo, at UNESCO, renews debt pardon plea (16-10-01)

Third World Network Accuses WTO of Discriminating Against Africa
(8-10-01)

Nigeria and oil majors at crossroads over profit (28-09-01)

World Bank pushes investors to Africa (27-09-01)

Study sheds light on economic ills of Aids Business report (26-09-01)

Aids deaths ‘same as terrorism’ (25-09-01)

IMF cuts off Zimbabwe (25-09-01)

Zimbabwe: IMF demands arrears payment before aid talks (20-09-01)

Museveni Laments Africa's Marginalisation in World Affairs (18-09-01)

Aids kills millions of farm workers (11-09-01)

IMF to visit Harare for talks (31-08-01)

Recovery still far off for Ghana (29-08-01)

Zimbabwe: External arrears surge to US$690m (16-08-01)

 AIDS dominates African minds (15-08-01)

Kenya chooses the path to ruin (15-08-01)

Strong evidence of foul play in death of banker (13-08-01)

Bank chief blames World Bank, IMF for foreign debt woes (01-08-01)

Nigeria Launching Largest AIDS Program (31-07-01)

AES Sirocco to raise electricity tariffs in Cameroon (23-07-01)

Tanzania's budget: idealistic... unrealistic (21-06-01)

Lesotho puts Western companies on trial for corruption (19-06-01)

Foreign debt - the gift that keeps on taking (14-06-01)

UN says DRC is looted by her neighbours (12-06-01)

Jubilee protest against WEF (07-06-01)

HIPC debt relief programme moving fast enough: IMF (07-06-01)

African Development Bank says debt sanctions are tough (31-05-01)

Sachs incredulous that creditors "still debate whether Nigeria's debts should be cancelled". (25-05-01)

Forum confronts Nigeria's debt crisis (17-05-01)

Museveni Attacks Donors, Threatens to Reject Their Aid (17-05-01)

Economists at Odds on Debt Relief for Africa (16-05-01)

To start a corner shop you need two roads (15-06-01)

Burning issue for coffee growers (15-05-01)

World Bank's partners are the Ethiopian people, not government of the day - say campaigners. (23-05-01)

Tanzanian minister prefers the World Bank's "golden eggs" to debt relief
(14-05-01)

President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria calls on Bush to write off Africa's debt (11-05-01)

Zimbabwe: Government stops repayment of all foreign debts (10-05-01)

Malawi's precedent setting debt relief is not enough (01-05-01)

Tanzanian minister prefers the World Bank's "golden eggs" to debt relief (29-04-01)

Jubilee + exclusive: Ghana Threatened by IMF (11-04-01)

Soyinka Blasts World Bank, IMF. (08-03-01)

Kohler and Wolfensohn should not have to come to Africa, to hear African voices, say debt group. (07-03-01)

Senegal's "perpetual debt"; despite "relief"- by 2018 she will be back to square one. (23-02-01)

Malawi denied what G7 promised. (15-02-01)

Cameroon gains little from HIPC (05-02-01)

Mozambique wins long battles over cashew nuts and sugar. (02-02-01)

Kenya: IMF withholds loan and China agrees to cancel debts. (22-01-01)

DR Congo. Kabila shooting may lead to turbulent new phase. (17-01-01)

IMF the main beneficiary of Zambia’s HIPC debt deal. (10-01-01)