Zimbabwe and Zambia have pushed back against ‘lopsided’ agreements after US asks for health data and minerals.

Developing countries are being priced out of the affordable finance they desperately need for sustainable development, with sovereign credit ratings often overstating risk and overlooking long-term ...

Nigeria and other African countries contribute four per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. But ironically, they are disproportionately vulnerable to climate crises, losing an average of five per ...

World Bank Was Largest Provider of Net New Financing to 78 Most Vulnerable Countries WASHINGTON, December 3, 2025—Developing countries paid out $741 billion more in principal and interest on their ...

The UK is roughly halving the climate aid it allocates to developing countries, when accounting changes and inflation are ...

The United States is signing bilateral health deals with African countries. By the end of February 2026, deals worth US$19.8 billion had been signed in new health funding. Of this amount, the US has ...

By Kestér Kenn KLOMEGÂHSeveral African countries, pursuing nuclear energy to tackle power challenges and to drive economic development goals and industrialisation, are hampered primarily due to lack ...

Africa is adjusting to the new reality of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with countries on the continent facing some of the highest export charges. But what could become a crisis is an ...

Gerald Arhin is currently a Research Fellow in the Political Economy of Climate Compatible Development at University College London (UCL) where he works on the FCDO funded Climate Compatible Growth ...

Which developing countries owe the most – and who holds their debt? As it does each year, the World Bank has published its ‘International Debt Report’, providing a detailed overview of the most ...

As the Trump administration exerts pressure on countries to aid in its mass deportation efforts, some nations in Africa have agreed, prompting legal battles. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Reporting from ...

For many demographers age at first union is worthy of attention because of the close link between marriage and the onset of childbearing. Thus a number of studies over the years have documented the ...