(November 5, 2005) £1.7bn windfall is more than African aid budget; critics want Brown to lead the way in refusing money.
November 2005 Campaign Letter
The wrong kind of aid.
Norway takes a stand on ‘illegitimate debt’
(November 2, 2005) Norway’s new coalition government has signalled its intention to support the cancellation of illegitimate debt owed by the world’s poorest countries and the establishment of an international court to hear matters concerning illegitimate debt claims.
Should UK banks do business in Zimbabwe?
(November 2, 2005) Has Robert Mugabe’s regime become uniquely odious, crossed the threshold of decency, and moved beyond the commercial pale?
Equatorial Guineans get poorer despite oil boom
(October 31, 2005) The subject of corruption is taboo in Equatorial Guinea’s tightly-controlled media. But Obiang’s administration has been criticised abroad for misusing the country’s oil riches.
Kenya, World Bank take new steps against corruption
(October 28, 2005) The World Bank and the new Government of Kenya have committed to work closely together on additional measures to fight corruption in development projects.
Nigeria to send $12.4 billion to world’s richest nations
(October 25, 2005) Today Nigeria reached an agreement with its largest creditors, grouped in what is known as the Paris Club. The debt had built up over many years, following loans given by France, Germany, Japan, the UK and others to a string of Nigerian despots.
Dutch lawmakers oppose Nigeria’s debt relief
(October 25, 2005) The $18 billion debt relief package granted Nigeria by the Paris Club of creditor nations may have suffered a major setback as the majority of Dutch parliamentarians have opposed moves by the club to write-off Nigeria’s debt.
Debt cancellation sets looters free
(October 24, 2005) Debt campaigner Jubilee USA claims threat Nigeria’s parliament earlier year halt foreign debt payments helped pressure rich Western creditors negotiate debt write-off deal worth $18 billion.
Debt cancellation sets looters free
(October 24, 2005) The Paris Club cartel of creditor nations confirmed this week a proposed debt relief deal that would grant Nigeria a debt write-off of 67 per cent ($18 billion).
Debt cancellation sets looters free
(October 24, 2005) Debayani Kar, the communications and advocacy coordinator for Jubilee USA, said the Paris Club write-off “demonstrates the partial success of the Nigerian parliament’s threat to cancel its own debt through repudiation, which helped to force the hand of these creditors”. But, she said, “we don’t think it makes sense to make an impoverished country like Nigeria pay $12 billion when that money should be spent on AIDS, health, and education”.
The long vigil for debt relief
(October 22, 2005) Just before Nigeria’s finance minister left the Paris Club meeting, she said: “I do not wish that any Nigerian or set of Nigerians will ever come here to face this again.”
Britain and Nigeria’s half-hearted war on corruption
(October 21, 2005) Too little attention is being paid to a problem of which the Niger Delta is a prime example: the long-standing network of corrupt relationships between western governments, rich nation businesses and African elites.
Paris Club in Nigeria debt deal
(October 20, 2005) The Paris Club of creditor nations has agreed a debt relief deal with Nigeria worth $18 billion.
Nigeria’s reforms rewarded with $18bn debt relief
(October 20, 2005) Rich Western creditor nations yesterday rewarded determined efforts by Nigeria’s Government to reform its economy and tackle corruption with a write-off of $18 billion of debt.
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