‘Battle of Chatham’? Checking four claims by Kenyan presidential hopeful Odinga at London thinktank
We put four of Raila Odinga’s claims under the microscope.
We put four of Raila Odinga’s claims under the microscope.
What’s Kenya’s external debt and how much does it owe China?
There are concerns about Nigeria’s rising debt and especially that owed to China. In this factsheet, we look at the numbers.
A pan-African magazine gave eye-raising numbers about how much Nairobi owes Beijing. Not all of them added up, however.
Kenyan newspaper the Star said that “all” of the country’s taxation money is spent paying back debt. We checked their claim.
Soweto is accused of a culture of not paying for public services that is rooted in resistance to apartheid. But do the township’s residents ...
Does China account for nearly three-quarters of the money Kenya owes foreign lenders?
In a Citizen TV interview, Kenya’s deputy president William Ruto sought to defend the government’s record, ahead of an August election.
Was Nigeria’s finance minister right about the country having not borrowed internationally since 2013 during a Facebook live video?
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