A rare chance for real change
Campaigners demand action on the debt crisis at the preparatory meetings for FFD4 in New York, April 2025.
The New Debt Crisis in Southern Africa: Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe
This is a guest post by Sunit Bagree, Senior Campaigns Officer, Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA), based on a talk given at the Jubilee Debt Campaign event ‘Breaking the chains: 1998…
Campaign improves IMF debt assessments, but risk of crises continues to increase
The IMF and World Bank have agreed some positive changes to their system for monitoring debts of impoverished countries, though some large issues have been ignored. The system, known as…
Calls on UK government to prevent debt crises
Eighteen organisations from the UK and Global South have written to British Minister for International Development Justine Greening calling for support for a range of measures to prevent debt crises…
Campaigners present an alternative ‘Debt League’ for first time
Campaigners say new figures emphasise the responsibility of creditors and financial sector for creating debt crises Figures show UK government does not have a debt crisis – but the UK…
Zimbabwe: New government will face major debt challenge
The Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development have called for an official public audit into the country’s debt.
MPs inquiry calls for end to Dodgy Deals
A cross-party group of MPs has released a report into UK Export Finance – or what we call the Department for Dodgy Deals. The report, covered on the front page…
Details of Zimbabwe’s $7bn debt revealed for first time
Newly uncovered documents reveal that Zimbabwe’s £210 million debt to the UK includes loans from Tony Blair’s government to Zimbabwe’s police force while they were engaged in internal repression.
