Vol 62 No 5 | GHANA The wrong side of the law 4th March 2021 The disputed election results are stress-testing the judicial system and parliamentary politics Highly polarised politics and an abundance of lawsuits are complicating government in the wake of the 7 December elections which delivered a hung parliament and a contested preside...
Vol 62 No 5 | GUINEA Mining tycoon's mercy flight 4th March 2021 The first new Ebola case was a 51-year-old nurse from Gouécké, in the far south of Guinea, who fell ill on 18 January and died 10 days later. Her funeral spread the outbreak, which...
Vol 62 No 5 | NIGER Election results spark riots 4th March 2021 Post-election violence left two dead and almost 470 arrested in Niamey after provisional results awarded the government candidate Mohamed Bazoum 55.75% in the 21 February president...
Vol 62 No 5 | GHANAKENYAUNITED KINGDOMEAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY In on the act 4th March 2021 Kenya's trade agreement with the United Kingdom finalised in November was sold as a diplomatic triumph in Nairobi but met with consternation in East Africa's other capitals. The Ea...
Vol 62 No 4 | NIGERIACLIMATE CHANGE Shell retreats from the Delta 18th February 2021 The Anglo-Dutch giant is losing its battle to fight off international lawsuits over pollution Shell is retreating from onshore oilfields in the Niger Delta under a cloud, facing lawsuits, recriminations and so far failing to deal with some of the most serious pollution on t...
Vol 62 No 4 | GAMBIAGUINEA BISSAUSENEGAL Sall roots out rebels 18th February 2021 Senegal's media eagerly showed footage of soldiers walking through rebel camps which the Senegalese army overran in the first week of February. Deserted kitchens, mostly old weapon...
Vol 62 No 3 | NIGERIA The guard changes, at last 4th February 2021 An army on the backfoot could get more resources but will have to beef up its fight against insurgents and tackle communal clashes Sacking the four service chiefs was one of the few things on which Nigeria's Senate, its leading civil society groups and Western ambassadors were unanimously agreed. Insiders at A...
Vol 62 No 3 | GUINEAMINING Steinmetz's empire unravels 4th February 2021 The mining magnate is appealing his bribery conviction while a law suit in Paris could put his entire fortune in peril The five-year jail sentence handed down to Beny Steinmetz by Geneva's Tribunal Correctionnel on 22 January will embolden former partners pursuing his sprawling business empire for ...
Vol 62 No 3 | GUINEAMINING Steinmetz gets five years for bribery 22nd January 2021 Judge Alexandra Banna in Geneva says that 'Steinmetz was the main beneficiary' of a criminal operation to secure mining rights in Guinea. 'All important decisions were taken with his agreement' A Geneva court sentenced mining magnate Beny Steinmetz to five years in prison on 22 January for bribery and money-laundering. The bribes were paid to obtain rights to mine the vas... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 2 | GUINEAMINING EXCLUSIVE – Inside the Swiss charges against Steinmetz 21st January 2021 As Beny Steinmetz awaits the judges' verdict, we probe the prosecution's accusations of money-laundering and grand corruption It was dubbed the 'deal of the century' – an operation to obtain rights to the world's biggest iron ore deposit – but became a quagmire, sucking its protagonists into a corruption ... READ FOR FREE