Africa: US Operation in Venezuela Undermined Int’l Law – -UN

Africa: US Operation in Venezuela Undermined Int’l Law – -UN

….Raid to remove Maduro morally right — Badenoch The United Nations, UN, yesterday, voiced deep concern over the dramatic US operation in Venezuela, warning that it clearly undermined a fundamental principle of international law. “States must not threaten or use force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state,” Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for…

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Africa: US Operation in Venezuela Undermined Int’l Law – -UN

Africa’s Development Banks Are Being Undermined – the Continent Will Pay the Price

Ghana and Zambia’s official creditors are pressing them to default on loans to two African multilateral financial institutions: the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Trade and Development Bank (TDB). These creditors, in effect, are demanding that the two countries prioritise repayments to themselves over payments to these two banks. As academics who have worked…

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