June 7, 2022

IMF Sets Conditions for Malawi Aid to Resume

Malawi wants renewed access to the International Monetary Fund’s Extended Credit Facility, or ECF, after a two-year halt.In 2020, the IMF canceled a planned $70 million in loans to Malawi after it came to light that former president Peter Mutharika gav…

UN: Without Action, Famine Looms for Somalia

The United Nations warned Tuesday that Somalia is at risk of another famine, as consecutive droughts have withered crops and killed scores of livestock, and grain imports from Ukraine and Russia have dramatically dropped due to their war.“Somalia is ce…

Famine and Death Stalk Children in Somalia

Six opposition leaders arrested after violent anti-French protests in N’Djamena were on Monday handed one-year suspended sentences for disturbing public order, Chad’s public prosecutor told AFP.They were also fined 10 million CFA francs, or about 15,00…