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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide EUR 29.5m long-term funding for the new Kribi power plant in Cameroon. Availability of electricity for more than 160,000 households, local industry and small businesses is set to be transformed by … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON, January 24, 2012 - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved Program-for-Results (PforR), an innovative new financing instrument for the World Bank’s client countries that links the disbursement of funds directly to the delivery of defined results. Money … Continue reading →

Botswana trained in South Africa and Cameroon ahead of this tournament. They held Nigeria complete with their European-based players to a goalless draw in friendly in Benin City, southern Nigeria. A final warm-up game against Zimbabwe in Gaborone was …

Negotiations with the banks and other investment firms to reduce Greece’s debt by some euro100 billion ($129 billion) hit an impasse over the weekend, even though time to avoid a potentially disastrous default is running low. Under the deal, private … Continue reading →

Beijing, January 18, 2012 – Developing countries should prepare for further downside risks, as Euro Area debt problems and weakening growth in several big emerging economies are dimming global growth prospects, says the World Bank in the newly-released Global Economic … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON, January 17, 2012 - The World Bank today announced the appointment of Makhtar Diop, a Senegalese national, as its new Vice President for Africa. He succeeds Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili who will return to Nigeria in early May after serving as … Continue reading →

Time is running out for the two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, British Prime Minister David Cameron warned on Monday. “We think that time, in some ways, is running out for the two-state solution, unless we can push forward now … Continue reading →

Mapping social infrastructure for development results and disaster preparedness   Washington, January 16, 2012 – Today, the World Bank and Google announced an agreement aimed at improving the ability of developing countries to access a web-based community mapping tool and data … Continue reading →

The Lady Buffs lost their third consecutive Lone Star Conference game — and first at home — in a 60-56 loss to the Cameron Aggies in front of 1,046 fans at the First United Bank Center. “We just didn’t have … Continue reading →

The Lady Buffs lost their third consecutive Lone Star Conference game — and first at home — in a 60-56 loss to the Cameron Aggies in front of 1,046 fans at the First United Bank Center. “We just didn’t have … Continue reading →