A World Bank examination of the quality of government institutions across sub-Saharan Africa has found that progress in areas like public financial management has stalled.
The leaders of France, Germany and Italy have called for Brexit negotiations to begin soon in order to avoid an impasse following the vote of the UK to leave the European Union.
Directors of the new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank have approved financing for the organisation’s first four projects, worth half a billion US dollars in total.
A United Nations expert has warned that the European Union may violate international human rights standards if it attempts to push through controversial trade deals without involving national parliaments.
