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Category Archives: African Union
Angola
Angola recorded a government debt equivalent to 36.50 percent of the country’s
Gross Domestic Product in 2015.
Benin
Motto: “Fraternité, Justice, Travail” (French) “Fraternity, Justice, Labour“
Debt in 2016 reached 50.3% of Benin GDP.
Botswana
The debt in 2016 reached 13.89% of Botswana GDP. Mostly due to Jubilee 2000.
Burkina Faso
The debt in 2014 reached 30.62% of Burkina Faso GDP.
Burundi
Jan 2009 – Some $833 million of Burundi’s foreign debt was canceled on Thursday under a
global program to write off the debts of the world’s poorest countries.
Cabo Verde
What do houses, streets, telephones and microchips have in common? They all contain processed sand. Now African countries are raising the alarm because of their disappearing beaches.
The islands of Cape Verde are located 600 km (373 miles) from the coast of West Africa. The country is regarded as one of the safest in Africa but every third person is unemployed. Stealing sand – a commodity which is constantly needed around the world – is a fast way of earning money. However, the consequences of excessive sand mining are devastating. On the beaches where tortoises once buried their eggs, there is now only dirt and stones. No sand holds back the tides, salt water flows unhindered inland, ruining crops, plants and homes.
Cameroon
The debt in 2015 reached 27.12% of Cameroon GDP, a 0.94 percentage point rise from 2014, when it was 26.18% of GDP.
In the north, deforestation has been blamed for increasing soil erosion, desertification, and reduced quality of pastureland. Overhunting and overfishing is a problem elsewhere in Cameroon. … Petroleum is a key export for Cameroon. To date, oil production has had a limited impact on the country’s environment.
Central African Republic
Central African Republic recorded a government debt equivalent to 41.83
percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product in 2014.
Chad
The debt in 2015 reached 42.8% of Chad GDP, a 3.57 percentage point rise from 2014, when it was 39.23% of GDP.