Somalia News

Somalia Seeking To Enforce Tax Regime, With Int'l Support

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

The Government of Somalia has reported on the tax system reform and tax administration improvements it is introducing with support from international agencies. Read Full Story

WTO Seeks To Support LDCs To Join The WTO

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, December 14, 2017

The World Trade Organization has launched a new Accession Negotiators Network, which is intended to help country negotiators collaborate on their respective accession work, noting that 21 countries – many of which are least developing countries (LDCs) – are aiming to satisfy the conditions to join the global trade organization. Read Full Story

Somalia Should Pursue Tax Reform, World Bank Says

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

The World Bank has said Somalia needs income from a broader tax base to rebuild the country. Read Full Story

Governments Easing Tax And Regulation Burdens

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

The latest edition of the World Bank's Doing Business report shows that there has been a steady improvement in regulatory efficiency around the world over the last ten years, including in the area of taxation. Read Full Story

MENA Countries Seeking To Improve Fiscal Transparency

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Friday, March 18, 2016

The International Monetary Fund's Middle East Center for Economics and Finance and the Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center organized a regional workshop on "Fiscal Reporting and Transparency" in Kuwait City, Kuwait, from March 13–16, 2016. Read Full Story

IMO Supporting Anti-Piracy Efforts Off Africa

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Maritime law-enforcement officers from countries bordering the western Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden were trained recently to deal with organized transnational crimes at sea. Read Full Story

ICC Warns Of Piracy Attacks Off South East Asia

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Thursday, August 27, 2015

The International Chamber of Commerce has released a new report that highlights a continuing trend in South East Asia in the hijacking of small coastal tankers by maritime pirates, with one attack reported every two weeks. Read Full Story

COMESA Members And EU Discuss EPAs

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Thursday, March 29, 2012

A delegation of MEPs from the European Parliament has recently held a consultative meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, with the Chair of the Eastern and Southern Africa group of countries to discuss their Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations with the European Union. Read Full Story

Barbados Tops Caribbean In Anti-Corruption Report

by Phillip Morton, Investors Offshore.com

Friday, December 9, 2011

The Caribbean arm of Transparency International has published its 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index for 2011, providing insight into the levels of corruption present in Caribbean territories, including those with international financial centres. Read Full Story

Final Link In African Search-And-Rescue Chain Closed

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Friday, March 4, 2011

Complete search and rescue cover around Africa’s coast was secured on March 3 with the signing of an ad-hoc multilateral cooperative agreement on the North and West African sub-regional Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, which establishes a new base in Morocco, the International Maritime Organization announced. Read Full Story

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