Vol 63 No 10 | TOGOSPECIAL REPORT SPECIAL REPORT: How Vincent Bolloré came to dominate business in Togo – using money, media and merchandise 5th May 2022 Africa Confidential presents a Special Report on the Breton tycoon’s growing influence in Africa. Far from quitting the continent, Vincent Bolloré’s business and political interests in Africa are deepening – even as he faces trial in Paris for grand corruption in league with two West African leaders. By Andrew Weir and Nicolas Vescovacci Billionaire Vincent Bolloré, who has built up monopoly control over some of the biggest container terminals in Africa, is heading back to the French courts with two of... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 3 | RUSSIAAFRICA President Putin's Africa summit in July will be key diplomatic test 26th January 2023 Foreign Minister Lavrov tours Southern Africa as Moscow wins more battles in information war with Europe and the US Russian officials are confident that South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend President Vladimir Putin's Russia-Africa summit due to be held in late July in St Petersburg. The...
Vol 64 No 25 | RUSSIAAFRICA Gold to Moscow 14th December 2023 Central African Republic, Sudan and Mali are the most lucrative African states for Russia's Wagner Group, according to the 'Blood Gold' report published this week by a consortium...
Vol 45 No 6 | GAMBIA Fraud and the Fund 19th March 2004 The International Monetary Fund is unconvinced by President Yahya Jammeh's anti-corruption campaign and the trial of five central bank officials on foreign exchange offences
Vol 66 No 19 | GAMBIA Barrow fires Auditor, shielding a ballooning family empire 17th September 2025 After being accused of favouring relatives and friends with state-backed rice deals and discounted bank sales, the President has summarily sacked the Auditor-General When police forcibly removed Auditor-General, Modou Ceesay from the National Audit Office on 15 September they triggered youth-led protests in which several demonstrators were arrested as fighting spilled...