May 03, 2022
Africa: Out of Africa - Rich Continent, Poor People
Capital flight from the global South is immense, with widespread adverse effects. A new book proposes measures to curb, even reverse capital flight from Africa. It also offers… Read more »
April 26, 2022
Africa: The World Can Stop Capital Flight Now
Curbing capital flight from developing countries is long overdue. New sanctions against Russian oligarchs show this can be done with the requisite political will. Recent research… Read more »
August 05, 2014
Africa: Activists Urge Obama to Act On Extractive Industries Law
As the three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit got underway here Monday, anti-corruption activists urged President Barack Obama to prod a key U.S. agency to issue long-awaited… Read more »
January 01, 2013
Ethiopia: The Rise of Ethiopia's Sole Rebels
Innovative Ethiopian footwear manufacturer Sole Rebels will open its second retail outlet in Taiwan this year. With ambitions to open 30 more franchise stores across the world in… Read more »
August 23, 2012
Congo-Kinshasa: Getting a Grip On Food Security in DR Congo
The Association for Integrated Rural Development is one of a number of rural organisations on the periphery of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which are… Read more »
August 20, 2012
Congo-Kinshasa: Mechanisation Fails for Farmers
Mechanisation was expected to transform agriculture in the Democratic Republic of Congo's central province of East Kasaï. But a project to offer tractors for ploughing land… Read more »
November 15, 2011
Africa: World's Biggest Hydropower Scheme Will Leave Africans in the Dark
South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed an agreement to build a major hydroelectric power project, which is said to bring electricity to more than half of the… Read more »
August 08, 2011
Congo-Kinshasa: Fresh Start for Coffee Producers
Long years of civil war and instability set off a crippling decline in coffee production in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the country's output in 2010 was less than a tenth the… Read more »
March 28, 2011
Southern Africa: Customs Union Eyeing the Money, Not Development
A new revenue sharing formula in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) could boost development but has met with resistance from the governments of poorer states in the… Read more »
August 13, 2010
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Farmers Welcome Support
Farmers in the southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo are looking forward to increased production after 16 tractors and 200 ox-drawn carts were distributed across three regions… Read more »
August 18, 2008
Equatorial Guinea: Human Rights Drowning in Oil
The oil interests of Angola, Brazil and Portugal could pave the way for former Spanish colony Equatorial Guinea to become the ninth member of the Community of Portuguese Language… Read more »
June 29, 2007
Ethiopia: Starbucks Coffee Deal Hailed As Model
A deal between Starbucks and Ethiopia that ends their trademark dispute and offers more benefits to Ethiopian coffee farmers has been hailed as a potential model for other poor… Read more »
December 22, 2006
Burkina Faso: Price Snags for Cotton Farmers
Some call it "white gold"; but, the ever-falling price of cotton means that this nickname may end up being more ironic than complimentary. In Burkina Faso cotton producers are, for… Read more »
February 04, 2006
Cote d'Ivoire: Falling Global Prices Make Cotton Unattractive
To stem famine and counter a major reduction in rice imports, more and more farmers have been growing rice during the political crisis that has split Ivory Coast in two since 2002. Read more »
October 20, 2005
Sudan: Oil Sector Proves a Hard Nut to Crack
For geological engineer Farouq Kam, Sudan's 21-year civil war didn't really end in January when the country's Islamist government signed a peace agreement with rebels from the… Read more »
September 29, 2005
Nigeria: Son of Fallen Activist On U.S. 'Price of Oil' Tour
"In my book, I imagine my father's last day before his execution. I went into his head, reconstructing it from his letters and poems from prison. He was always convincing me to… Read more »
November 11, 2004
Equatorial Guinea: Growing Suppression, Soaring Poverty in Tiny Oil-Rich Country
The dictator of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, is stepping up suppression of opposition, while social conditions in the tiny West African nation are worsening, an… Read more »
July 12, 2004
Congo-Brazzaville: Country Cut From 'Clean' Diamond List
An international diamond "policing" scheme has stricken the Republic of Congo from its list of countries certified as following global trading rules, and accused the… Read more »