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Africa:
Rich Presidents, Poor Nations and Capital Flight
Association of Concerned Africa Scholars, 20 November 2012
Recently some African presidents have featured in media headlines not for their heroic accomplishments as leaders but for robbing their nations and siphoning their ill-gotten gains… Read more »
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Africa:
Company Tax Incentives Cost Africa Millions
TrustMedia, 20 November 2012
The African Tax Administration Forum has embarked on a campaign to review tax incentives, which most African countries have agreed with multinational companies. Read more »
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Africa:
Tax Havens - An Emerging Challenge to Africa's Development Financing
Association of Concerned Africa Scholars, 20 November 2012
The term 'tax haven' is a bit of a misnomer because they are not just about tax, but about a whole range of other things too. There is no generally agreed definition of what a tax… Read more »
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Africa:
Capital Losses, What Can Be Done?
AfricaFocus, 20 November 2012
"Both rich countries and Africa suffer from a global system of financial secrecy, in which rich individuals and large companies hide income and assets from public scrutiny and from… Read more »
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Africa:
Debt Audits and Debt Repudiation
AfricaFocus, 20 November 2012
"Repudiation of odious debt, if properly implemented, is selective rather than indiscriminate. Creditors who lend in good faith for legitimate projects have no reason to fear a… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Thoughts On 30 Years of Biya Power in Cameroon
Fahamu, 8 November 2012
Paul Biya's three decades in power have been marked by political repression, official corruption, poverty and many other ills. But the people have not looked on passively. The… Read more »
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Africa:
Africa Warned Over Capital Flight
New Times, 6 November 2012
African countries that are desperately in need of mobilising more resources to finance economic growth should focus on economic stability in order to build investor confidence in… Read more »
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Tanzania:
State Urged to Act On 'Capital Flight'
Daily News, 2 November 2012
THE government was asked to seek the World Bank's support to recover Tanzania's money in billions of dollars deposited abroad by dishonest people including prominent politicians. Read more »
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Tunisia:
Fight Against African Capital Flight Looked At
Tunis Afrique Presse, 16 October 2012
President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki received, on Tuesday, former South African President (1999-2008) and United Nations High Level Group Chairman Thabo Mbeki, the Presidency of the… Read more »
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Africa:
Measuring African Capital Flight
Fahamu, 22 December 2011
Africa is bleeding money, as capital flows into the private accounts of African elites and their accomplices in Western financial centres,' write Léonce Ndikumana and James… Read more »