Mbeki urges action plans to tackle illicit financial flows from Africa

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New York, US (PANA) – Addressing billions of illicit financial outflows from Africa is imperative as the continent needs domestic resources for its development, says the former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, who chairs a United Nations panel on … Read More

Nigeria: Mbeki meets Nigerian stakeholders ahead of key elections

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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Amid heightened tension in the run up to Nigeria’s rescheduled general elections, former South African President Thabo Mbeki has been holding a series of meetings with key stakeholders in an effort to defuse tension and ensure … Read More

Global efforts needed to address illicit financial flows from Africa’

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Thabo Mbeki New York, US (PANA) – UN Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Jan Eliasson, and former South African President Thabo Mbeki, have stressed the need for global efforts to address the problem of illicit financial flows from Africa, which have crippled … Read More

Africa urged to renewed drive to stop illicit financial flows

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Photo: voanews PANA Lagos, Nigeria- A renewed appeal has gone out from participants in a roundtable at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, US, to stop illicit financial flows (IFF) from Africa, which is depriving the continent of almost US$ … Read More

East, Southern Africa consult on stopping illicit cash outflows

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Thabo Mbeki, former South African President PANA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – A two-day high-level meeting on illicit financial flows from Africa opens Thursday in Maputo, Mozambique, for key stakeholders from East and Southern Africa to discuss ways of countering the … Read More

Mbeki leads team tracking illegal cash flows from DRC

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Former South African President Thabo Mbeki By PANA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Africa’s 10-member High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows will next week embark on a three-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to examine the seriousness … Read More