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Private lenders, not China, dominate debt repayments from poorer nations — study

Lower-income countries are paying private creditors nearly three times more than they repay China, according to new research by UK-based advocacy group Debt Justice, challenging dominant narratives around global debt. Between 2020 and 2025, 39% of the $354 billion in external debt repayments from 88 low-income countries and small island states will go to private […]

Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo detained again despite acquittal

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday asked that Ivory Coast’s former president, Laurent Gbagbo, should be kept in custody while they prepare an appeal against his acquittal. The court should only release Gbagbo and Charles Ble Goude, leader of the pro-Gbagbo militant group Young Patriots who was also acquitted, under strict conditions […]

Iraq-Iran agreed weapons deal despite UN sanctions

Owing to its security troubles and fight against terrorism, Iraqsigned an arms deal with Iran in spite of U.N sanctions;a report from Reuters has revealed. The deal was reached at the end of November when the US fell short in its supposed arms deliveries despite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s visit to Washington lobbying for extra […]