Country Risk Rating

With no further outbreaks of xenophobic attacks over the course of July, we increased our short-term political risk rating to 65.0 from 62.5. Despite improvements in the security... 2008-07-31

We have lowered our short-term political risk rating for Zambia to 65.6 from 68.1 and our long-term political risk rating to 52.0 from 56.0 on the back of uncertainty surrounding... 2008-07-29

We have instituted our political risk ratings system for Lesotho and the country receives a score of 68.1 and 63.7 respectively in our short- and long-term political risk ratings,... 2008-07-29

In an effort to insulate itself from the global rise in food prices, the government of Mauritius has launched a food security fund worth MUR1.0bn (US$37.9mn) to improve the island's... 2008-07-29

Angola's Prime Minister Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos said in late July that he was confident his party would keep its majority in parliament in the forthcoming elections in... 2008-07-29

One of the main opposition leaders in Madagascar, Herizo Razafimahaleo, reportedly died in late July, following renal failure and several heart attacks. Razafimahaleo served as Foreign... 2008-07-29

With Maputo municipal elections scheduled for November 19, the Electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE) - the electoral branch of the Mozambican civil service - is currently... 2008-07-28

Local NGO Women Action for Development (WAD) is pressing the Oshana Regional Council and Oshakati Town Council for the establishment of community voice bodies. The group envisages... 2008-07-28

While the main protagonists in the political crisis have continued to trade blows in recent months, food insecurity has worsened to a crisis level. According to the UN, the last maize... 2008-07-22

According to the latest Worldwide Press Freedom Index compiled by the NGO Reporters Without Borders Botswana's journalists operate in a 'satisfactory' regulatory context, with the... 2008-07-22