Donors pledge $600m in S Sudan aid

>It is now official. Development partners (DPs) have not released even a single dollar out of the $558 million (Sh937 billion), that had been pledged to boost Tanzania’s 2014/15 Budget.

Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda has termed “unfair” the decision by 12 key donor countries to suspend $558 million (Sh937 billion) aid in General Budget Support (GBS) for the 2014/15 financial year.

Donors delay some aid to Tanzania over graft claims
Daily Mail
DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 11 (Reuters) - A group of 12 international donors have delayed budget support for Tanzania until findings of an investigation into charges of corruption in the energy sector are released and appropriate action taken, a leading donor said ...

Donors agree to release $44 million of aid to Tanzania
Reuters
DAR ES SALAAM, March 12 (Reuters) - Donors have agreed to release part of the $500 million of promised budget support to Tanzania that was withheld after an energy sector graft scandal that led to three cabinet ministers resigning. The donor group ...

When Donors Keep Shifting Goal Posts in Unlocking Aid!
AllAfrica.com
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week expressed its satisfaction on Tanzania's economic performance, where growth was expected to be maintained at above 7.0 per cent levels and inflation tamed in mid-single digit. The latest report by the ...

International donors have suspended nearly $500m (£311m) in budget support to Tanzania in response to claims that senior government officials siphoned off funds from the country’s central bank under the guise of energy contracts. The chair of Tanzania’s public accounts committee, Zitto Kabwe, said several high-ranking officials colluded with corrupt businessmen to transfer $122m from […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping told African leaders on Friday his country would pump $60 billion into development projects, cancel some debt and boost agriculture under a three-year plan that will extend Beijing's influence in the continent.

For the people of South Sudan, dreams of a new future heralded at the declaration of independence from the larger Sudan has long been replaced by despair and uncertainty over where their country is headed.

Donors to Tanzania’s general budget support programme include the UK, Canada, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the World Bank. Photograph: Daniel Hayduk/AFPInternational donors have suspended nearly $500m (£311m) in budget support to Tanzania in response to claims that senior government officials siphoned off funds from the country’s central bank under the guise of energy contracts.
The chair of Tanzania’s public accounts committee, Zitto...