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Editor s Note
Wartime displacement (alongside war deaths and injuries) must be
central to any analysis of the post-9/11 wars and their short- and
long-term consequences. Displacement also must be central to any
possible consideration of the future use of military force by the
United States or others. Ultimately, displacing 37 millionand
perhaps as many as 59 millionraises the question of who bears
responsibility for repairing the damage inflicted on those
displaced. - Brown University Costs of War Project
This AfricaFocus Bulletin contains excerpts from this new report documenting one large part of the damage from wars in which the United States has played a major role in the post 9/11 period. The calculation includes refugees and internally displaced from 8 countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, the Philippines, Libya, and Syria. The excerpts below include the sections on Somalia and Libya. The full report, including charts and a full meth
UK to freeze assets, issue travel bans on corrupt in new law by MARTIN MWITA Image: COURTESY
•The Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 now likely to catch up with some wealthy Kenyans stashing millions abroad.
•As of November last year, wealthy Kenyans were reported to be hiding more than $4.2 billion (Sh452.9 billion) in offshore accounts.
The United Kingdom has set the stage for major freezing of assets and travel bans on corruption suspect under a new law that could affect some Kenyans.
The ‘Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021’, under the powers of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, gives the UK powers to prevent those involved in corruption from traveling to its territory or using its financial system.
Wealthy countries that set global tax rules are biggest enablers of corporate tax abuse, report finds
Tax Justice Network ranks OECD members and British overseas territories highest in its 2021 corporate tax haven index, advocating for the UN to set standards instead. The British Virgin Islands topped Tax Justice Network’s 2021 Corporate Tax Haven Index.
The world’s wealthiest countries that help set global tax standards are actually responsible for the majority of corporate tax abuses around the world, a new report has found.
The Tax Justice Network’s 2021 Corporate Tax Haven Index, which ranks the countries “most complicit in helping multinational corporations pay less tax than they are expected to,” pegs six jurisdictions that are part of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Luxembourg as the biggest enablers of corporate tax avoidance worldwide.