South Sudan: Independent, but what now?

The government of South Sudan will have to cope with serious shortages in many areas, despite its bountiful oil reserves.

EU gives $22m aid to Zim farmers

The European Union is providing seed and fertiliser worth $22,73-million to small-scale Zimbabwean farmers, an EU diplomat said on Thursday.

From basket case to bread basket

This year what is on everyone's mind is: will donors sustain their commitments or will they buckle under the global financial crisis?

My aid is bigger than yours

With its coffers desperately dry, one would expect that any aid to Zimbabwe would be a source of much cheer to the country's struggling government.

UN appeals for more than $700m in Zim aid

Zimbabwe needs $719-million in urgent humanitarian help in 2009, as the country struggles to attract Western aid in an attempt to emerge from a decade

'Trade is not aid'

After years when billions have been spent on aid in Africa, donors are now picking up on a new trend to put their money on the continent's entrepreneurs.

Zim must improve human rights to get new aid, says watchdog

Donors should not resume development aid to Zimbabwe until the power-sharing government ends human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday

Zuma tells West it is wrong to hold back aid to Zim

ANC leader Jacob Zuma on Friday criticised Western powers for holding back aid to Zimbabwe while President Robert Mugabe was still in power.

IMF sets conditions in a blow to Zim aid efforts

The IMF said on Wednesday it will only provide aid to Zimbabwe once the unity government meets key conditions.

Australia lifts ban on aid to Zimbabwe

Australia ended a ban on non-humanitarian aid to Zimbabwe on Wednesday, saying it wanted to help Morgan Tsvangirai relieve the suffering of the people

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