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[Due to a production error on the previous version of this edition of Africa Today, we are re-publishing this as a correction. This edition of Africa Today is of 2nd February 2020]
The government of Ethiopia is slowly opening routes to facilitate aid missions by UNHCR and other aid agencies tasked with assisting people caught up in the fighting between warring factions in the Tigray region.
Tanzania’s Health Minister reiterated her government and President John Magufuli’s stance that she had no plans to import Covid-19 vaccines. This comes as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added the country to those with the highest-risk level for Covid-19. This, despite Tanzania having stopped publishing data regarding COVID cases in April last year. Our Health Correspondent Rhoda Odhiambo discusses the relevance of these latest developments.
Daily Monitor
Wednesday December 23 2020
Besides providing safe havens for illicit financial flows (IFFs), tax havens also share limited or no financial information with foreign tax authorities.
Summary
Utility. Illicit financial flows (IFFs) are movements of money and assets across borders which are illegal in source, transfer or use, according to the report entitled “Tackling illicit financial flows for sustainable development in Africa.
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Enforcement of tax compliance among the multinational companies in Africa is not getting any easier with the emergence of tech corporate organisations, complicating already wanting non-compliance culture being perpetuated by corporations operating in more than one country.