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AFRICA is bleeding an estimated $40bn every year due to illicit financial flows (IFFs) in the extractive industries—losses that not only erode developmental progress but also deepen economic injustice across the continent, a senior UN official has warned. Antonio Pedro, Deputy Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), …

EXPERTS say African governments must act urgently to protect jobs and livelihoods as climate change threatens 83 per cent of Africa’s jobs and the labour market. The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), said this in a statement on its website. The experts spoke at a high-level side event of …