An independent panel has called for an investigation into a World Bank-funded project in Ethiopia following accusations from refugees that the bank is funding a programme that forced people off their ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are providing emergency funds to developing and low-income countries across the world to strengthen their efforts to battle the rapidly ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, praised for economic reform but criticized for authoritarianism during his 21-year rule of one the world's poorest countries, died overnight in a Brussels ...