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....
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 over US$2...
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... 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... READ FOR FREE
Vol 61 No 25 | GUINEA Condé’s iron resolve 17th December 2020 Having won a controversial third term, President Alpha Condé is eyeing growing mineral riches The long-delayed development of Guinea's headline-grabbing Simandou iron ore project has once again climbed to the top of President Alpha Condé's agenda, as he settles into a much-disputed...
Vol 61 No 22 | GUINEA Condé shrugs off poll doubts 30th October 2020 The incumbent's victory, contested by the opposition and questioned by the European Union, gives him more control of the state than ever Whether his win with 59.49% of the votes in the 18 October elections was credible or not matters little to President Alpha Condé and his governing team. On...
Vol 61 No 21 | GUINEA Diallo jumps the gun 22nd October 2020 Three-time presidential challenger Cellou Dalein Diallo decided on 19 October that the best way to respond to the almost certain victory at the polls of the incumbent, Alpha...
Vol 61 No 12 | GUINEA Steinmetz deal bears fruit 11th June 2020 President Alpha Condé has held up his end of a secret bargain with Israeli mining billionaire Beny Steinmetz now that Conakry's prosecutors have dropped all bribery charges against...
Vol 61 No 7 | GUINEA Condé goes it alone 2nd April 2020 The President gets the constitutional change he wants to enable a third and fourth term, and the crackdown on the opposition continues President Alpha Condé got what he wanted: a 92% 'yes' vote in the constitutional referendum, which was held on 22 March alongside a long overdue legislative election which...
Vol 61 No 5 | GUINEA Forced delay 5th March 2020 Late on 28 February, President Alpha Condé made an unexpected appearance on national television, admitting he had been pressured into delaying the double poll he had called for...