Mozambique considers converting external debt into health sector investment
Mozambique's Minister of Economy and Finance, Max Tonela, has suggested the conversion of foreign debt into health sector investments during...
July 14, 2023Section
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Nigeria declares “state of emergency” over food insecurity
Nigeria's President, Bola Tinubu, has proclaimed a focus on the country's food security due to a significant rise in hunger...
July 14, 2023
Driving Nigeria’s economic transformation – President Tinubu’s path to fiscal efficiency
President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria aims to raise the country's tax-to-GDP ratio from 10% to 18% this year. To achieve...
July 12, 2023
More and more central banks are considering issuing their own digital currencies, but critics warn
According to a recent survey by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), an increasing number of central banks are contemplating...
July 10, 2023
Commission of the Chilean government tries to solve the conflict with the Mapuche people
Chilean President Gabriel Boric has announced the establishment of the Presidential Commission for Peace and Understanding, aimed at resolving the...
June 30, 2023
Brazil’s population reaches 203 million and grows significantly slower
According to the Demographic Census 2022 released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Brazil's population is projected...
June 28, 2023
Central Bank governor in Nigeria suspended and arrested amidst war on cash
Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has been suspended and arrested by Nigeria’s secret...
June 14, 2023
Nicaraguan bishop Rolando Álvarez has spent more than 100 days in isolation in a maximum security prison
The bishop of the Nicaraguan town of Matagalpa, Rolando Álvarez Lagos, has paid dearly for the "audacity" of dissenting from...
May 24, 2023
Brazil has 1 million people enslaved and ranks 11th in the world – NGO
By Leonardo Sakamoto Brazil has 1.05 million people in a situation of contemporary slavery. This is what the estimate of...
May 24, 2023