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Lebanon has to audit its state electricity company among other reforms the World Bank has required before it will consider funding Lebanon's worn-down electricity sector, the bank's regional vice president Ferid Belhaj said on Tuesday. Public provision of electricity in Lebanon has been poor since the country's 1975-90 civil war…

Nigeria is rapidly urbanising, with more people living in urban areas than in rural communities. A recent World Bank estimate shows that 53% of the 213 million Nigerians live in urban areas. That’s projected to rise above 70% by 2050.

Human Rights Watch says many middle and working class families in Lebanon have been forced to spend most of their monthly income to pay shady neighborhood businessmen running private generators

Tunisia’s president Kais Saied recently called for urgent measures against illegal immigration of sub-Saharan African nationals. He said they were a source of “violence, crime and unacceptable acts”. His comments were condemned by the international community and the World Bank paused talks over its future engagement with Tunisia. They also…

Costa Rica went from having one of the world’s highest deforestation rates in the 1980s to a nation centered on ecotourism

The World Bank is pausing talks over its future engagement with Tunisia following anti-immigrant comments made by the country's president, Kais Saied, according to an internal message to staff seen by AFP.

The World Bank suspends work with Tunisia over a spike in racist attacks fuelled by an inflammatory speech by President Kais Saied. In Nigeria, the opposition party leads peaceful protests in condemnation of the electoral commission's handling of last month's flawed presidential election. And a few hours after the Michelin…

WASHINGTON - The World Bank is pausing talks over its future engagement with Tunisia following anti-immigrant comments made by the country's president, Kais Saied, according to an internal message to staff seen by AFP.

One month after a powerful quake devastated parts of Türkiye and Syria, hundreds of thousands of people still need adequate shelter and sanitation, and an appeal for $1 billion to assist survivors is only 10% funded, hampering efforts to tackle the humanitarian crisis, a United Nations official said Monday. The…

An appeal for $1bn (£832m) to assist people across the country is only 10 per cent funded, UN official says