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  • Vol 53 No 2
  •  20th January 2012

Cobalt's compulsory partners

In its annual disclosures (also known as the 10-K Form) to the Securities and Exchange Commission in New York on 31 December 2010, United States-registered Cobalt reported that it had been ‘assigned’ Nazaki Oil & Gaz and Alper Oil as partners by the A...

  • Vol 53 No 2
  •  20th January 2012

Maputo shuns US concern

The government appears indifferent about beefing up coastal security and introducing anti-pirate laws

  • Vol 52 No 19
  •  23rd September 2011

Are the politicians high?

Gossip in Accra produced entertaining US diplomatic cables but raises serious questions about rising political tensions

  • Vol 52 No 19
  •  23rd September 2011

Too little, too late

The President’s promise to fight corruption after the elections seems to have convinced neither diplomats nor voters

  • Vol 52 No 19
  •  23rd September 2011

US sources run for cover

The unredacted WikiLeaks release of US cables from Harare exposes senior politicians and soldiers to witch-hunts

  • Vol 52 No 19
  •  23rd September 2011

Terrorist listing

One leaked United States cable must have pleased a Khartoum regime eager toescape the US State Sponsors of Terrorism list. A ‘confidential’ note from the Khartoum Embassy of 26 December 2006, released by WikiLeaks this month, says Sudan keeps confidential...

  • Vol 52 No 19
  •  23rd September 2011

No EITI for UK

Britain is refusing to follow United States President Barack Obama in joining the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Asked why Britain would not take part, even though EITI was originally a British idea sponsored by Premier Tony Blair in 2002,...

  • Vol 52 No 18
  •  9th September 2011

Play the game

The United States was engaged in the ‘rendition’ of prisoners from Nigeria to the USA even before the attacks of 11 September 2001, according to US State Department cables newly released by WikiLeaks.

  • Vol 52 No 18
  •  9th September 2011

Leak now, pay later

Attorney General Johannes Tomana has the unenviable job of investigating for possible prosecution all Zimbabweans identified as sources of information for United States’ diplomats in the unredacted State Department cables released by WikiLeaks this month....

  • Vol 52 No 16
  •  5th August 2011

Favourite four

Greeting four Francophone African leaders in Washington on 28 July, President Barack Obama pledged ‘stalwart’ support on economic and security matters, signifying growing US interest in a region with substantial mineral resources. It was the first such me...

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