Scale of UK arms loans to dictators revealed for first time
Ed Davey may have misled parliament over Egypt's dictator debts
Open letter from Nobel Peace Prize winner over Vulture Fund dispute
Argentine organisations – led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel – have denounced the violation of sovereignty and the illegitimacy of the debt claimed by vulture fund NML…
Egypt blog 4: A Middle East Beanfeast
Another reason why Egypt shouldn’t be paying its odious Mubarak-era debt was highlighted by a teachers’ protest yesterday against the appalling under-investment in education here. While there is a theoretical…
Egypt blog 3: Who will pay the price?
Spent the day at the brilliant conference which looked at ‘who will pay the price’ for decisions to pay Mubarak’s debt and take Egypt down the so-called ‘free market’ economic…
Egypt blog 2: What should Egypt ‘swap’ for Mubarak’s debts?
Today we’re taking part in a conference organised by activists from the Drop Egypt’s Debt Campaign, a campaign which is rapidly growing in profile. The campaign has just issued a…
Egypt blog 1: You Do Have A Choice
It’s an appropriate time for a group of debt campaigners to arrive in Egypt – the headlines are dominated by a potential loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for…
Tunisian government to audit debts
Investigation to find if loans were stolen and taken out of country. Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki has announced his government plans to audit debts it owes, with the intention of…
30 years since Mexico’s default, lessons for Greece
Thirty years from Mexico’s debt default, Greece must break the sadistic debt spiral. As Greece’s leaders pay down the latest multi-billion euro instalment on their debt, they would do well…
Norway announces first ever creditor debt audit
Today the Norwegian Minister of Development announced that Norway will make an assessment of the legitimacy of developing countries’ debt to Norway. This means that the government will be the…
Pakistan parliament to investigate country’s debt
Pakistan’s National Assembly is to form a committee to investigate the country’s debt. Both government and opposition have agreed a bipartisan investigation which will look into the benefits and costs…
