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The World Bank says poverty in Lebanon has tripled over the course of a decade. The percentage of people in Lebanon living below the poverty line rose from 12% in 2012 to 44% in 2022.
A new report notes that returns from cyber scams generate an estimated at US$ 12.5 billion in a country whose GDP is below US$ 30 billion. This is keeping foreign investors away, weakening economic development. While the authorities have started to crack down, they can only go so far since many of those involved are Chinese nationals, protected by their country’s economic involvement in Cambodia.
A delegation from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, ended a nine-day visit to Barbados on Tuesday, having reached a staff-level agreement with Bridgetown on the completion of the third review of the Extended Fund Facility and the Resilience and...
MISA-Regional emphasises the importance for African Union member states to adopt a human rights-based approach for the utilisation of AI and other technologies.
As South Africa gears up for the 2024 general elections, one significant aspect under the spotlight is the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (Fica) and its mandate on firms to identify and monitor the activities of politically exposed persons (Peps)...