IMF pushes world’s poorest countries into “starvation diet” as debt burdens spiral
As the IMF and World Bank commence their annual meetings, an Oxfam report shows how their failed policies of austerity will force the world’s poorest countries to cut USD 229 billion in public spending while hemorrhaging billions in debt payments.
As vaccinations lag behind, COVID-19 cases exceed 9.2 million in Africa
To understand the systemic issues hampering Africa’s efforts against the pandemic, Peoples Dispatch interviewed Dr. Ahmed Kalebi, president of the East African Division of International Academy of Pathology (IAP), and members of the People’s Health Movement, Prof. Leslie London and senior lecturer Lauren Paremoer from the University of Cape Town
IMF Refuses Aid to Venezuela In the Midst of the Coronavirus Crisis
While the international financial body pledged to give economic support to countries struggling amid the pandemic, it obeyed US interests and denied a loan to Venezuela, a move likely to cost lives
