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Wie man 100 Millionen Dollar Schwarzgeld wäscht

Ein Dokumentarfilm beleuchtet die Rolle von Simbabwes Regierung im internationalen Goldschmuggel

Fabian Urech

Erste Szene: «It’s a very, very easy thing», flüstert Uebert Angel, den Körper über den Tisch einer Londoner Bar gebeugt. Niemand sei befugt, ihn, den zweithöchsten Diplomaten Simbabwes, bei der Einreise zu durchsuchen. «Ich könnte eine Tasche mit 1,2 Milliarden Dollar mitführen», sagt er dann. Niemand werde das Geld anrühren, bis er zu Hause sei.

Der Standard, Wien

Nigerias Inlandsgeheimdienst nimmt Zentralbankchef fest

Emefiele wurde kurz nach der Amtsübernahme des neuen Präsidenten Tinubu festgenommen. Laut Medienberichten wird ihm vorgeworfen, Terrorismus zu finanzieren

The New Humanitarian

USAID suspends all food aid to Ethiopia over massive diversion scheme: reports

‘This is causing immense suffering.’

Obi Anyadike, Senior editor, Africa

JOHANNESBURG

The US Agency for International Development has suspended all its food aid to Ethiopia over the discovery of “widespread and coordinated” theft, throwing the vital relief effort for millions of war- and drought-affected people into jeopardy, news reports said.

NZZ

«Boomendes Geschäft» mit Menschen: 22 Schwangere aus Babyfabrik in Nigeria gerettet

Der Handel mit Babys gilt im bevölkerungsreichsten Land Afrikas als dritthäufigstes Verbrechen. Immer wieder entdecken die Behörden sogenannte Fabriken, in denen Teenager gebären. Nun wurden 22 junge Frauen gerettet.

Max Sprick

The Africa Report

What will Africa’s future be within BRICS?

By Romain Chanson

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Posted on June 5, 2023 09:33

South Africa, which holds the rotating presidency of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) group, wants to advance the continent’s interests.

Despite a knock at the door, no one seems to be home. The BRICS group says they are pleased to receive the applications of around 20 countries who wish to join this club of emerging economies, but the lucky ones have not yet been chosen.

BBC News

Ghana patients in danger as nurses head for NHS in UK - medics

By Naomi Grimley & Camilla Horrox, BBC News, Accra

The recruitment of nurses by high-income countries from poorer nations is "out of control", according to the head of one of the world's biggest nursing groups.

The comments come as the BBC finds evidence of how Ghana's health system is struggling due to the "brain-drain".

Many specialist nurses have left the West African country for better paid jobs overseas.

The New Humanitarian

EXCLUSIVE: GiveDirectly loses $900,000 in DRC mobile cash fraud

“These were people who had high starting levels of vulnerability (who) were told that they were going to receive a potentially life changing amount of money.”

Jacob Goldberg

BANGKOK
GiveDirectly, a leading distributor of cash aid, has suspended all its active operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where at least $900,000 was allegedly stolen by staff or former workers in a large-scale fraud that penetrated every department of the country office.

The New Humanitarian

WFP leadership in Ethiopia resigns amid aid diversion probe

The agency’s aid into Tigray has been suspended since an internal investigation – due to deliver its findings any day – was launched in May.

Obi Anyadike
Senior editor, Africa

JOHANNESBURG

The senior leadership of the World Food Programme in Ethiopia has resigned, shortly before the findings of a probe into the misappropriation of food aid in the country are due to be made public, according to several sources who witnessed the resignations.

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VORZEIGEDEMOKRATIE?
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Proteste und Tote in Senegal

VON CLAUDIA BRÖLL, KAPSTADT

Senegal gilt als friedlicher Staat und als Stabilitätsanker. Doch das Urteil gegen einen Oppositionsführer schürt jetzt Unruhen.