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This week, delegates from across the world are meeting at the University of Johannesburg to discuss financial transparency and human rights. It sounds boring, but tackling illicit ...

It used to be the most efficient way, to ship Zambian copper through Mombasa. When a better supply chain option emerged through the TAZARA railway, the volumes were diverted to Dar...

Kenya loses an estimated Sh639 billion annually in tax evasion by multinational corporations, significantly hampering economic growth. A report released by the Tax Justice Network...

The selection: Thursday, 21 May Transformative regionalism, trade and the challenge of poverty reduction in Africa (UNCTAD) The paper identifies the key elements of Transfor...

Communiqué of the 9th Session of Joint Ministerial Commission between the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of India, Durban, 18-19 May 2015 At the invitation of Her Exce...

Regionalism has played a vital role in fostering peace and security in Africa over the past few decades. However, fully exploiting its potential for economic development remains a...

Delegates tasked with hammering out an outcome document for a UN conference on development finance reviewed a revised draft during an informal session held last week in New York, c...

The BRICS development bank is expected to start operations around the end of this year and play a complementary role to existing global financial mechanisms. The bank, known as Ne...

The 47th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government has opened in Accra with a call on multinational countries to consider debt cancellation for the three W...

The selection: Wednesday, 20 May ICGLR Heads of State and Government: statement ECOWAS Council of Ministers: statement African Union: popular version of Agenda 2063   ...

Launching the latest Southern African Customs Union Annual Report, its Executive Director, Paulina Elago remarked that the customs union had survived the most challenging year in i...

Africa’s money that could be used to improve lives and reduce poverty is leaving the continent through illicit financial flows defined as money illegally earned, transferred and ...

African Union Trade Experts meeting in Addis Ababa from 8 to 10 May 2015, considered UNCTAD’s suggestions on policy and negotiation options for building the African Continental F...

Opening Statement by Mr. Joakim Reiter, Deputy Secretary-General, UNCTAD at the seventh session of the Trade and Development Commission, 18-22 May 2015 Good morning and welco...

The African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) and the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) yesterday stated that products imported from countries outside Africa constitute...

The European Commission on Tuesday (19 May) said mandatory requirements on EU companies to trace conflict minerals would hurt trade. EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem told ...

Far more conservative and far less leveraged than their global counterparts, South African banks may yet face massive fines from the country’s competition authorities for alleged...

The selection: Tuesday, 19 May Today, in Accra: 47th Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government West African leaders meet Tuesday in Ghana’s capi...

The Tony Elumelu Foundation and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa concluded a three-day working session to create a roadmap on how to implement an ambitious plan to...

The Secretary General of East African Community, Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera has assured Chief Executive Officers of Private Businesses and Business Leaders/Owners in Tanzania that t...