Tag: Democratic Republic of Congo

• Tuesday, July 3rd 2018 - 09:01 UTC

  UN peacekeeping budget is US$ 600 million less than last year's

  

  United Nations member countries on Sunday agreed to a peacekeeping budget of just under US$ 6.7 billion, according to diplomatic sources. This is about US$ 122 million less than what had been recommended by a panel of experts.

• Saturday, August 11th 2012 - 10:36 UTC

  Bad day for vulture fund that was after 100 million dollars from Congo

  

  Britain’s Privy Council has ruled that a “vulture fund” cannot collect 100 million dollars from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Newsnight revealed last year that old Congo debts had been illegally sold to FG Hemisphere for 3 million and the fund had then sued in Jersey where they were awarded 100 million.