Vol 59 No 20 | GUINEA Turks in troubled waters 12th October 2018 Another over-priced port contract comes under fire for political patronage and secrecy The Port Autonome de Conakry (PAC), Guinea's principal sea port, is a strategic national asset, so the fact that it is now to be run by Turkey's Albayrak...
Vol 59 No 13 | BURKINA FASOGUINEATOGO Adieu à Françafrique 29th June 2018 The investigation of Vincent Bolloré highlights how the old business networks are losing influence in French former colonies When the French billionaire industrialist Vincent Bolloré was placed under formal investigation by Paris prosecutors on suspicion of bribing foreign officials in Africa, commentators wondered whether it was...
Vol 59 No 11 | GUINEA Conté's long shadow 1st June 2018 Ibrahima Kassory Fofana is not merely Guinea's new prime minister. His appointment by President Alpha Condé marks a return of the cadre of politicians who came to prominence...
Vol 59 No 6 | GUINEA Nine angry men 23rd March 2018 During his inauguration in December 2015, President Alpha Condé was warned by Kéléfa Sall, the head of Guinea's Constitutional Court, to 'not fall for the siren call of...