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How To Talk To Rwandan Rulers: First Flatter Them, And Then Hit Hard With Truth

January 28, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg3rd world, Christine Lagarde, David Himbara, development, Finance, France, IMF, Paul Kagame, Rwanda

By: Dr. David Himbara Managing Directors of IMF are supposed to be dull and boring economists obsessed with balancing countries’ books. Not Christine Lagarde. A former finance minister in France, she is a clever political operator. She proved this in her visit to Rwanda, the high mark of which was her speech in Rwandan parliament on January 27, 2015. Her… Read More

Malawi’s Joyce Banda vows to fight corruption even If it means losing the Presidency

November 22, 2013 Global AuthorAtupele Muluzi, Cashgate, Chakwera, Christine Lagarde, Joyce Banda, Malawi, Peter Mutharika

BLANTYRE - President Joyce Banda said she’ll fight corruption even if it means losing the May 24th Presidential Elections. The U.K. government leading the way and foreign donors such as the IMF have suspended aid that finances about 40 percent of the Malawi’s budget after reports of rampant corruption and abuse of public funds. Read More

Malawi:President Bingu WA Mutharika says Donors can go to Hell

March 9, 2012 Global AuthorBingu WA Mutharika, Christine Lagarde, Donors, IMF, Malawi, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner

President Bingu wa Mutharika has told any donor who thinks his leadership is not up to democratic expectations, to go to hell, pack up and go. He was speaking on Sunday 4th March when he opened a road in his home district of Thyolo. . Read More

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How To Talk To Rwandan Rulers: First Flatter Them, And Then Hit Hard With Truth

Malawi’s Joyce Banda vows to fight corruption even If it means losing the Presidency

Malawi:President Bingu WA Mutharika says Donors can go to Hell