Tag: invasion

African govts in fiscal bind amid high interest rates and debt squeeze

October 18, 2023

With the interest rates likely to stay high in 2024, governments across Africa are presented with a unique challenge and dilemma as they struggle to ... Read More

Resilience through tough times: East Africa’s economic recovery hindered by debt and deficits

November 1, 2022

The economies of East Africa face rather bleak prospects for growth this year because of the increasing risk of debt distress, widening fiscal and current ... Read More

AU ‘extremely concerned’ over security situation in DRC as Rwandan ambassador expelled

October 31, 2022

The African Union (AU) has said it was worried about the deteriorating security situation in the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where rebels ... Read More

Pandemic aftershocks, Russia’s war in Ukraine dimming prospects for African trade

October 19, 2022

The effects from the COVID-19 pandemic aftershocks and the Ukrainian crisis have led to rising commodity prices, surging inflation, and shifts in the global financial ... Read More

Leaders condemn Russia’s war in Ukraine at UN, pledging billions to fight AIDS, malaria and TB

September 22, 2022

At the United Nations General Assembly, leaders from Qatar, Senegal and Turkey called for immediate peace talks between Moscow and Kiev to end Russia’s invasion ... Read More

Libya Invasion was a Mistake, President Macron

June 22, 2017

France’s new President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged that the “invasions” of foreign forces in Libya to end Colonel Muammar Gadhafi’s rule in 2011 was an ... Read More