Africa

Economic growth in Africa over the past decade (5.4% per year) equals that of the rest of the world, World Bank says. However, largest growth occurred...

by BBC News November 14, 2007

The economic outlook for Africa is improving after a decade of growth of 5.4% for the continent that matches global rates, the World Bank has said....

IMF ready to forgive Liberia’s debt

by BBC News November 13, 2007

The International Monetary Fund is ready to start cancelling Liberia's debt to the agency after securing sufficient funding for the process....

Most rural dwellers in the region live in extreme poverty. Photo: UNICEF

Liberia decries lack of doctors

by Jonathan Paye-Layleh BBC News October 30, 2007

An acute shortage of trained doctors is sabotaging Liberia's efforts to deliver health care to its people. Health Minister Walter Gwenigale says Liberia needs at least 1,200 doctors to grapple with its post-war situation but currently it has only 120. ...

Chissano led Mozambique for 19 years and is credited with bringing peace to Mozambique. The prize is worth over $5 million.  Photo: AFP

Mozambique ex-president Joaquim Chissano wins prize for excellence in leadership

by BBC News October 22, 2007

Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano has won the first Mo Ibrahim prize rewarding a retired African head of state for excellence in leadership. Mr Chissano, who is credited with bringing peace to Mozambique, had been seen as a frontrunner for the prize. ...

World Bank head urges countries to cut Liberia’s debt

by BBC News October 22, 2007

The president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, has called on International Monetary Fund member countries to allow Liberia's debts to be paid off. Liberia is $800m in arrears on old debt to the IMF, relating to loans on which repayments stopped in 1984. ...

U.S. military assistance for Africa: a better solution

by James Jay Carafano and Nile Gardiner Heritage Foundation October 15, 2007

The United States is facing increasing international pressure to play a more prominent role on the world's most troubled continent. The continuing civil wars in Liberia and the Congo, the specter of tyranny and man-made famine in Zimbabwe, the global spread of infectious diseases, and the rising thr...

Fifteen years of conflicts have cost Africa around $300 billion–equal to the amount of international aid received

by Oxfam International October 12, 2007

(October 12, 2007) The cost of conflict on African development was approximately $300bn between 1990 and 2005, according to new research by Oxfam International, IANSA and Saferworld. This is equal to the amount of money received in international aid during the same period. The study “Africa’s...

Zimbabwe ‘running out of bread’

by BBC News October 1, 2007

Reports from Zimbabwe say bakeries have run out of flour and there will be no bread in the foreseeable future. The Agriculture Ministry has confirmed that this year's wheat harvest yield of 145,000 tonnes is only one third of the country's requirements. ...

New ranking of African governments says Mauritius best-governed, Somalia worst-governed, and Rwanda most improved

by BBC News September 25, 2007

Rwanda is the most improved sub-Saharan nation according to a survey looking at performances over the past five years. The Ibrahim Index, financed by Sudanese mobile phone magnate Mo Ibrahim, names Mauritius as the best-governed and Somalia as the worst-governed state. ...

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