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ZIMBABWE: Improved AIDS levy collections fill part of funding gap

HARARE : With global funding for HIV/AIDS on the decline, Zimbabwe's innovative AIDS levy - a 3 percent tax on income - has become a promising source of funding for the country, with a dramatic increase in revenue collected in the past two years.

The Guardian, UK

Ethiopia's human rights record poses awkward questions for its aid donors
With jail terms for journalists and legal constraints on the activities of civil society groups, Ethiopia doesn't appear to be ticking the good governance boxes required of donors
By : Mark Tran

The Guardian, UK

Europe's business take on development
The European commission's latest statement on development policy reveals its continued emphasis on serving corporate interests ahead of combating poverty
By Ruth Bergan

Handelsblatt

Der Traum vom "Afro" soll dem Kontinent helfen

von Wolfgang Drechsler
Afrikas Wirtschaft gilt nicht gerade als Erfolgsgeschichte. Doch inzwischen trauen einige Experten dem Kontinent zu, den Aufstieg Asiens zu kopieren. Allerdings sind bis dahin noch einige Probleme zu lösen.

The Guardian, UK

GSK's Andrew Witty on the future of pharma collaboration to help poor countries
Drug company CEOs used to fight each other to the death for market share and defend their patents as their life blood, but for the last year 13 of them have been sitting together working out ways to do more for non-paying customers in the developing world. Can it be for real? GSK's boss says there is more to come

By Sarah Boseley

KURIER , Österreich

Nigeria: "Das Problem sind die Polit-Eliten"
Ex-Präsident Obasanjo sprach mit dem KURIER auf dem Flug nach London über die Probleme Nigerias und Afrikas.

Le Figaro

Sénégal : la candidature de Wade déclenche des violences

La validation de la candidature du président sénégalais Abdoulaye Wade pour l'élection présidentielle de février a provoqué une vague de violences dans plusieurs villes. L'opposition appelle à marcher sur la présidence.

FAZ

Minister Niebel und der Aufstand der Unbeförderten

AlertNet - Thomson Reuters Foundation , London

"WHERE IS THE MONEY? AlertNet explores the future of humanitarian aid”

By Katie Nguyen and Megan Rowling

Picture this: a terrible drought forces you to abandon your meagre plot of farmland, so you migrate to a city where the jobs are, only to end up living in a slum regularly submerged by floods.

Zoom Tschad

23 Janvier 2012

TOUT SUR LE MARIAGE QUI A COUTE 12 MILLIARDS DE FRANCS CFA : POLITIC, MONEY AND POWER : LE COCKTAIL QUI A FAIT PERDRE LA TETE A IDRISS DEBY…