Western donors freeze aid to South Sudan peace process
Western donors have frozen financial assistance to the peace process in South Sudan. The says they won’t recommit resources to the exercise and the ball is in the East African nations’ court to relaunch an agreement that’s been torn apart by repeated breakdowns. Some of the donor nations have gone so far as to label […]
DRC missing a fifth its mining revenue
An international anti-corruption watchdog says the Democratic Republic of Congo is losing a fifth of its mining revenue due to corruption and mismanagement. It says $750 million paid to tax authorities and state mining companies has gone missing. Global Witness says at least some of the funds that disappeared between 2013 and 2015 were distributed […]