The Big Three ratings agencies, Moody’s, S&P Global and Fitch, have extensive influence over how creditors assess Africa’s risk profile
Essential policies were bypassed and entering into a memorandum of understanding with the economic zone would be high risk for United Nations Development Programme
There are questions about its sustainability and effect on the environment
The United Nations Development Programme is working with the Musina-Makhado SEZ to ensure everyone benefits and the planet is not harmed
The SEZ in Limpopo’s Vhembe district will still be fuelled by a coal-fired power plant
‘We all have a collective responsibility to support the people of Limpopo, protect the environment and jointly shape the MMSEZ development.’
United Nations’ support for a Limpopo coal and steel plant must be withdrawn as it contravenes green and human rights, say petition signatories
It’s the Age of Humans — the Anthropocene — and the most serious threats to our experience and existence on our planet are human-made
Development cannot be achieved unless we achieve universal access to education
The latest report shows the South Africa’s women will be the hardest hit demographic of the economic downturn
Renewable energy funding from the North must take local ownership and participation seriously
The continent’s greedy lending to Africa is driving the migration wave that fuels the European Union’s xenophobic politics
A report measuring gender equality across 129 countries has found that none of the countries achieved an ‘excellent’ score of 90 out of 100
It is an unpopular view, but Fanie du Toit’s evidence and argument shows us a way forward
The province saw violent protests in multiple towns after years of mismanagement by former premier Supra Mahumapelo
Drought in Southern Africa now affects approximately half of Zimbabwe’s population in rural areas.
Abusive transfer pricing, bribery and tax evasion are contributing to the loss of more than $60-billion from unlawful money flows in Africa.
A recent tribunal hearing has shown that political ties stopped the top UN boss in Zimbabwe from acting on outbreak warning.
Growth in African countries will to slow to 3.7% this year owing to upheavals in northern Africa and increased food and fuel prices.
UNDP director for democratic governance <strong>Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi</strong> speaks to the <em>M&G</em> about democracy in Africa.
<b>Verashni Pillay</b> wonders about the dearth of young women leaders in our country’s politics.
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/ 17 December 2008
Nearly half the population in the DRC may not live to 40 years of age, the United Nations Development Programme said on Wednesday.
Sunburned expedition leaders fresh from a journey down the Zambezi River to call attention to malaria said on Tuesday that countries must work together to eliminate the disease. The Roll Back Malaria expedition followed the river through six countries in Southern Africa, delivering insecticide-treated nets and medication.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Angola on Friday in a bid to improve relations following an arms scandal that provoked tensions between the two countries. Sarkozy was to hold talks with Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos on Friday morning at the presidential palace.
The West African state of Equatorial Guinea voted on Sunday in elections expected to be won yet again by the veteran hardline president amid opposition charges of voting irregularities and harassment. The oil-rich state went to the polls in local and general elections whose results were for observers a foregone conclusion
The Norwegian government will help South Africa and the City of Johannesburg ensure it has a ”green 2010 Soccer World Cup”. This was announced on Thursday by Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg at Soccer City in Johannesburg, the venue for both the opening ceremony and the final match of the 2010 tournament.
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/ 16 January 2008
Press-freedom groups agree that an increase in arrests, intimidation and harassment of journalists in Niger is impeding development in one of the poorest countries in the world. At least 14 journalists were arrested in Niger in 2007. Four of them are still in prison awaiting sentencing.
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/ 19 September 2007
It’s the kind of unfair situation that makes poorer nations wonder where the payoff is with free trade: demand for coffee, tea, cocoa, cotton and sugar — which is what many such countries have to offer the world — has risen. Prices paid in the supermarket have risen. Yet the share paid to the farmers who grow these basic agricultural commodities has fallen.
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/ 11 September 2007
The Ugandan army tortured and unlawfully killed civilians while carrying out a disarmament programme in the country’s troubled Karamoja region, an international human rights group said on Tuesday. According to a report, Ugandan soldiers opened fire on children, among other charges.