(July 4, 2005) By the African Union’s own estimate, Africa loses as much as US$148-billion a year to corruption, reports Peter Goodspeed in a three-part series on Africa for Canada’s National Post.
Saviour Blair makes African professionals wince
(July 4, 2005) No to Begging! No to Foreign Aid!
Nigeria’s debt relief: a news analysis
(July 3, 2005) Nigeria’s tortuous road to debt relief: the Tony Blair factor.
The failure of altruism
(July 2, 2005) Well-intentioned efforts have failed to improve life for most Africans.
Sweet victory ahead on debt relief?
(June 2, 2005) The 10-year battle to wipe out the debt burden of the world’s most impoverished nations is reaching a climax.
Nigeria happy about debt relief but battles loom
(July 1, 2005) Nigeria’s government is euphoric after securing debt relief from its biggest creditors, but the pressure is on to produce benefits for a skeptical population used to seeing the nation’s wealth squandered and stolen.
How kleptocracy kept the people poor
(July 1, 2005) Nigeria is widely seen as having the greatest natural resources on the African continent and the most potential for development. After two generations of misrule, it is desperate for a new start.
Loan corruption control
(July 1, 2005) Corruption is a worldwide industry. What Lesotho has done is show that something can indeed be done about it. All that is required is not merely token, but real resolve. – Guido Penzhorn.
Sub-Saharan debt: the imperative of contract adjustment
(July 1, 2005) Debtor perspectives lack the scholarly attention needed to inform theories, policy and strategies on debt management and illuminate the socio-economic dynamics that keep Third World economies unsustainable.
Where’s the Jubilee?
(June 30, 2005) While odious debt, as such, is not included in the current G-8 deal, the has contributed to the momentum building around the issue since the Bush administration campaigned to have Iraq’s odious, Saddam Hussein-era debts forgiven.
A Challenge to Care for Iraq
(June 30, 2005) The U.S. should take the lead in lobbying for a U.N. Security Council resolution to create an international arbitration tribunal to hear cases of odious debt; those filing claims against Iraq would have "to prove that the debt is not odious."
South Africa’s former deputy on bail over corruption charges
(June 30, 2005) Ex-Deputy President Jacob Zuma has been released on bail until October after appearing in court on corruption charges.
Arroyo says husband to go abroad amid suspicions of corruption
(June 30, 2005) President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, already under pressure over allegations that she rigged last year’s election, said Wednesday that her corruption-tainted husband will leave the country to protect her credibility.
Arroyo’s Cabinet member quits amid scandal
(June 30, 2005) President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, facing charges she rigged elections and demands that she resign, lost a key Cabinet supporter Thursday and sent her husband, himself accused of corruption, into exile in Hong Kong.
Debt relief deal for Nigeria fades
(June 29, 2005) Hopes of a breakthrough debt relief package for Nigeria at a creditors’ meeting today were fading last night as smaller European countries refused to back a deal that had been agreed by the Group of Eight industrial nations.
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