MAPUTO, May 15, 2008 (AFP) - The African Development Bank, often criticised in the past over its lack of transparency and mismanagement, must now take the lead in the fight against corruption, according to its president.

MAPUTO, May 14, 2008 (AFP) - The African Development Bank will remain in its Tunis headquarters for at least another year but is not ruling out an eventual return to the Ivory Coast capital Abidjan, bank officials said on Wednesday.

MAPUTO, May 14, 2008 (AFP) - Africa's cities are groaning under the impact of a rapid rise in population numbers as millions turn their backs on rural poverty each year in an often futile quest to improve their living conditions.

MAPUTO, May 14, 2008 (AFP) - The annual meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) opened in Mozambique on Wednesday with the organisation's head warning that rising growth rates are having little impact on poverty levels.

MAPUTO, May 13, 2008 (AFP) - The African Development Bank said Tuesday that 12-13 million Africans would leave the countryside to live in urban areas in 2008, increasing the challenge of providing food and other services in cities.

MAPUTO, May 13, 2008 (AFP) - Finance ministers from across Africa meet in Mozambique Wednesday for the annual meeting of the African Development Bank amid warnings the continent faces grave dangers from rocketing food and oil prices.

MAPUTO, May 12, 2008 (AFP) - Cash-strapped Zimbabwe has paid 650,000 dollars (420,000 euros) to the African Development Bank (AfDB) to reduce its foreign debt but still owes large amounts in arrears, the bank said Monday.

MAPUTO, May 12, 2008 (AFP) - Zimbabwe has paid 700 million dollars (450 million euros) to the African Development Bank (AfDB) to reduce its foreign debt despite the financial woes facing the nation, the bank said Monday.

WASHINGTON, April 15, 2008 (AFP) - The United States is teaming up with the African Development Bank in support of entreprenuers in Africa in a bid to draw more investment to the African private sector, the US government said Tuesday.

NAIROBI, March 25, 2008 (AFP) - The African Development Bank on Tuesday loaned Madagascar almost 15 million dollars (9.6 million euros) to finance an irrigation project in the impoverished nation, the bank said.

ABIDJAN, Feb 27, 2008 (AFP) - African Development Bank (AfDB) chairman Donald Kabukera on Thursday signed an accord worth 31.4 million dollars (21 million euros) to back Ivory Coast's peace process.

ABIDJAN, Feb 27, 2008 (AFP) - African Development Bank (AfDB) chairman Donald Kabukera arrived Wednesday in Ivory Coast to sign a funding deal for the west African country's peace process, the bank announced.

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 2, 2008 (AFP) - Violence and political strife in Kenya will condemn another two million of its people to extreme poverty, the head of the African Development Bank said Saturday.

NAIROBI, Jan 22, 2008 (AFP) - The World Bank and African Development Bank warned they would review Kenya's funding if leaders fail to end tribal killings sparked by a disputed presidential poll, a joint statement said Tuesday.

KINSHASA, July 31, 2007 (AFP) - The African Development Bank will increase its support for reconstruction in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 200 to 450 million dollars, the bank's president said Wednesday in Kinshasa.

The AfDB decided to increase its aid to support reconstruction efforts made by the massive central African country in the past five years, Donald Kaberuka told reporters at the end of a three-day visit to Kinshasa.