World Bank graft fight stirs debate on Africa aid
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President Mobutu Sese Seko was said to   have sipped pink champagne daily, hired Concorde to fly his   family to New York to shop and bought numerous friends in high   places -- much of it with the help of foreign aid.
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PRETORIA -- The global fight against AIDS has more than $6 billion to spend this year, employs hundreds of thousands of dedicated workers, and now has unparalleled attention from world leaders.
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A new World Bank report accuses African governments of strangling business through red tape.
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Fighting Africa's poverty and the spread of Aids top the agenda at the Davos World Economic Forum.
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ARUSHA, Tanzania  - African leaders lobbied the  Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for more money  Wednesday to solve a cash crunch facing its work, seen as vital  for the continent's health, officials said.
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BRUSSELS, Jul 20 (IPS) - African governments are worried that funds from the  European Union (EU) to help them increase their countries'  share of world trade could be at the expense of other forms of  development aid.
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The United States lost its status as the largest donor to the World Bank's main fund for poor countries, the lender said on Friday, as Britain pledged more in the latest funding round which secured a record amount of aid.
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A series of articles critical of past trials of an important AIDS drug has created a furor in Africa, causing many public health experts to worry that some countries will stop using
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African nations have taken big  strides in reducing corruption over the past 10 years, the World Bank says.
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World powers on Friday  pledged $60 billion to fight AIDS and other diseases ravaging  Africa but development campaigners complained the Group of  Eight had offered little fresh cash for the poor.
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DURBAN, South Africa  - Developing countries have pledged to band together to force the West to help tackle their problems, ranging from poverty to reform of the United Nations.
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One of the architects of Africa&#39;s home-grown plan for economic development has launched a scathing attack on its achievements.
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Britain&#39;s ambassador to Kenya renewed criticism Friday that Nairobi lacked the will to stamp out corruption, the latest salvo in a simmering diplomatic spat between Kenya and its international donors.
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Public health experts accused the World Bank Tuesday of neglecting Africa's fight against tuberculosis, saying the institution should spend more fighting a disease whose resurgence in recent years has been linked to AIDS.
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Dozens of countries met on Monday to pledge billions of dollars in aid to the Palestinians in support of Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas, but disputes with Israel on settlements and checkpoints darkened the mood.
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The World Bank announces $180m in funds to help Africa fight malaria ahead of a US summit on the disease.
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Political leaders and aid agencies are pleading with governments and individuals around the world not to skimp on donations to Africa as they open their wallets to tsunami victims in south and southeast Asia.