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UK, China, South Africa downgrade calls loom for Moody’s

January 5, 2017/Reuters By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Moody’s is likely to make key rating calls on Britain, China and South Africa among others this year as rising political risk and debt levels push the number of countries on a downgrade warning back to a record high. From Europe’s […]

Nigeria’s NNPC awards 2017 crude oil term contracts to 39 companies

4/1/2017/Reuters By Alexis Akwagyiram and Libby George State-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has awarded its 2017 crude oil term contracts to 39 companies, the company said on Tuesday. The contracts covering about 1.31 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil were awarded to 18 Nigerian companies, 11 international […]

AfDB workshop on Independent Review Mechanism outlines complaints procedures for Bank-financed projects

4/1/2017/AfDB The Compliance Review and Mediation Unit (CRMU) of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is organizing an information workshop on “Handling complaints from people affected by AfDB-financed projects” on 11-12 January 2017 in Yaoundé, Cameroon. During the two-day workshop, Bank experts will brief the participants on issues of accountability, […]