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The African Development Bank says Africa's economic development is being held back by a "hemorrhage" of illicit financial flows, which may be getting worse. Calling for reforms to stem the losses,...
Some 800 000 people will require food aid in Niger in the coming months despite a good harvest last year due to problems supplying cereals to markets, which have pushed up prices, and an influx of...
Global civil society alliance, CIVICUS, urges the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) to focus attention on the humanitarian crisis in Syria, corporate accountability...
Food security is a challenge in both the developing and the developed world; the difference lies in the magnitude of the problem and the proportion of the population that is affected.(2) Within...
In recent years, Africa has seen an increase in corporate and foreign Governments leasing or purchasing large areas of land in some of its poorest regions. These large-scale land acquisitions have...
Diplomats say delegations from around the world failed on Friday to agree on a landmark United Nations arms-trade treaty to regulate the more than 60-billion dollar industry. The UN is now opting...
The recent successes in arresting pirates who had seized a Filipino merchant vessel in the northern part of the Mozambican channel is good news for efforts to quell the scourge of piracy in the...
Oral arguments will be presented today in embattled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema's appeal against his five-year suspension from the ANC, tribal fighting in South Sudan has left 120 000...
It is almost two years since we successfully hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the focus of the world is once again on our country, South Africa, as we host the world for the 17th Conference of...
The first phase of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project, which will introduce an e-toll system to most of Gauteng’s highways, is continuing as planned and will go live in February, South...
The ongoing famine in the Horn of Africa has contributed to the development of a humanitarian crisis on a scale not witnessed in the region in 60 years.(2) The OCHA estimates that more than twelve...