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The Financial Action Task Force on money laundering (FATF), approved a revision to its 40+9 Recommendations on the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) with the release of a new set of 40 Recommendations.…

During the second half of 2011, relations between Africa and Brazil continued to flourish as part of the historic trade, cultural and economic rapprochement of the two economic juggernauts. Specifically, African governments asked for more…

With a few exceptions, industrialized nations are still struggling with unemployment, unable to recover completely from the 2008 economic crisis. In the U.S. things seem to be improving as the unemployment rate fell in January to 8.3…

Usually in Ghana when there is an Africa Cup of Nations football competition going on, everybody concentrates their attention on the national team, the Black Stars. This time around you would not have thought there were things going on in…

As the Ghana Compact closeout date rushes toward us—less than a week remains to finish the ambitious set of projects we put in motion five years ago—I was honored that seven members of Congress visited West Africa to inspect the progress…

Though much of the world has never heard of diseases like lymphatic filariasis or schistosomiasis, these and other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a daily reality for many living in Africa and across the world. These terrible…

Football frenzy is sweeping across Africa. The best of African football is on display in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations tournament (January 21-February 12). Much of the build-up to the tournament has focused on those who will not be in…

One of the best put-down lines I have heard in a long time came from a young man during a discussion about Nigeria's fuel subsidy and the demonstrations that followed its withdrawal. A panel of four was debating the subject on one of the…

Statistics does not seem to feature very much in Africa's socio-economic development agenda, despite its importance and the fact that the use of good quality data has the ability to impact on development outcomes. Public sector…

Some African countries are adopting biometric voter identification techniques to combat fraud, protect data, manage complex political processes, boost security, boost voter confidence as well as to curb overspending. South Africa-based…