Trump win pushes up future interest costs for African governments
Yields on African countries’ debts have increased by more than for countries such as the US and UK Calculations by the Jubilee Debt Campaign have shown that the future borrowing…
We’re joining the United for Education march
Jubilee Debt Campaign is joining the ‘United for Education: No fees, no cuts, no debt’ demonstration on Saturday 19 November in London. Do you know that students at English universities…
Campaigners welcome Obama call for Greece debt relief
• ‘Meaningful’ debt cancellation must include IMF debts Commenting ahead of President Obama’s visit to Greece on Tuesday, Sarah-Jayne Clifton, Director of the Jubilee Debt Campaign, said: “President Obama is…
Mozambique debt is unpayable and the UK needs to act
Reacting to reports that the government of Mozambique has announced that it cannot pay its private external debt, Sarah-Jayne Clifton, Director of the Jubilee Debt Campaign, said: “Mozambique’s unpayable debt…
World Bank misleads while guaranteeing speculators profit
World Bank admits to breaking rules to guarantee high interest Ghana debt, but misleads in attempt to justify the decision.
World Bank broke its own rules over high-interest loans to Ghana
Lender accused of guaranteeing profits for speculators The World Bank has been accused of helping to fuel a new debt crisis in Ghana after it was revealed it has broken…
Resisting the Debt Economy – Workshop at The World Transformed
Join our session on debt injustice in the UK and around the world at the World Transformed in Liverpool on Tuesday 27 September.
Great North Run: 14th Glorious Year for Team Jubilee
About 60 people, most of them staff and students at Newcastle University, participated in Jubilee Debt Campaign’s team in the Great North Run, the biggest half-marathon in the world, on…
Groundhog Day looms in Argentina as the IMF returns
A decade of IMF conditionality and adjustment sparked Argentina’s 2001 debt default and economic earthquake, and it was expelled from the country in 2006. Yet the country’s new government has…
Mozambique’s secret loans: A scandal that started in London
Tuna fishing ships and military patrol boats are currently sitting dormant, docked in the capital of Mozambique, Maputo. Together, these boats provide a daily physical reminder of the ongoing political scandal that…
