(June 9, 2006) Religious leaders say Kenya should be given a debt write-off or the nation should stop repaying them.
Civil Society Statement on the Paris Club at 50: illegitimate and unsustainable
(June 6, 2006) As it is today, the Paris Club does not have any legitimacy. Civil society organizations from the South and the North demand a radical change of the current state of affairs in international debt management.
Beware the big, bland wolf
(June 5, 2006) The first year of Paul Wolfowitz at the World Bank.
Group cautions against debt payment
(June 4, 2006) A group, African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANE-EJ), has called on the National Assembly to reject a proposal sent by President Olusegun Obasanjo to settle London Club debt at the expense of key development challenges in Nigeria.
Nigeria: beyond debt
(June 4, 2006) The rush to pay off foreign loans has derailed Nigeria’s chance to challenge its odious debts, claims Lagos-based lawyer and commentator Remi Ogunmefun in "Nigeria after debt relief".
Wolfowitz defuses disputes over his role as world banker
(May 24, 2006) Certainly there is harsh criticism of Wolfowitz, but it seems tempered by a sense that his approach offers a chance for change at the World Bank, a lumbering institution often berated as secretive, bureaucratic and ineffective.
Nigeria after debt relief
(May 24, 2006) The battle for the cancellation of Nigeria’s foreign debt has been won and lost.
KPCC to pursue SNC Lavalin issue
(February 17, 2006) President of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee Ramesh Chennithala termed the SNC Lavalin deal as the biggest scam in the history of Kerala.
A corrupt French connection
(March 13, 2006) Last year was celebrated as the "Year of Africa." Tony Blair proposed a doubling of aid to the continent; the world’s rich nations promised debt elimination; and the Bush administration talked up its remarkably good record in boosting foreign assistance.
‘CPI-M leaders involved in Lavalin case’
(March 14, 2006) The Congress party has accused the central leadership of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) of involvement in a controversial deal with the Canadian firm SNC-Lavalin.
Bank denies information on Pinochet
(March 16, 2006) The New York branch of The Bank of Chile refused to hand over the records of the Pinochet Foundation, which is suspected of having been used by the ex Chilean dictator to launder money.
Saatchi hired to help Kenya’s ‘war on corruption’
(March 7, 2006) The Kenyan government has hired the Saatchi and Saatchi advertising agency to handle its nationwide anti-corruption campaign.
No political motive in Lavalin case: Chandy
(March 2, 2006) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has denied a charge that the UDF government had referred the controversial SNC-Lavalin-Kerala State Electricity Board deal to the CBI to leverage political mileage in the coming assembly polls.
Lesotho: NGO calls for audit of dam construction tenders
(April 25, 2006) Following allegations of corruption, a local NGO has appealed for an audit of the tenders allocated in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), the world’s largest water transfer operation.
Africa Action confronts World Bank and IMF on health impact, corruption
(April 22, 2006) Ahead of this weekend’s Spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), Africa Action and allied organizations today staged a theatrical "health inspection" of these institutions, finding them to be a public health hazard in Africa and other impoverished regions.
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