That means disappointment for the opposition and deep relief for President Alpha Condé...
It has been under heavy police protection ever since and President Alpha Condé has promised a full investigation...
President Alpha Condé's advisor and friend the financier and philanthropist George Soros hosted a meeting on 17 June to celebrate agreement that the development of the Simandou iron ore deposit led by Rio Tinto was a good thing...
President Alpha Condé has escalated his government's row with Geneva-based Beny Steinmetz Group Resources over the legitimacy of its stake in the Simandou iron ore mine...
BSGR dismissed Condé's claims as 'completely untrue' and 'a desperate attempt to throw dust in the eyes of international observers who have been increasingly critical of Alpha Condé's lack of enthusiasm to hold legislative elections'...
At the heart of the fight for Simandou are President Alpha Condé’s government and three international mining houses: Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto which has a controlling stake in Simandou Blocks 3 and 4 and Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) which together with Brazil’s Vale control Simandou Blocks 1 and 2...
BSGR’s representatives told Africa Confidential they regard the Alpha Condé government as illegitimate and claims of corruption against them are ‘baseless...
Vol 54 No 8 |
- AFRICA
- MINING
Since Alpha Condé’s election as President in November 2010 Soros has been advising him on implementing a national mining code and introducing new standards of probity and transparency...
Two years after President Alpha Condé came to office the promise of a new era of accountability and transparency now lies in the ruins of police shootings arson and ethnic violence (AC Vol 51 No 23 Over the new rainbow & Condé's hard won victory)...
Most of their ammunition is supplied by the activities of his son Mohamed Alpha Condé aka ‘Mac’...
This year President Alpha Condé has consistently attempted to reassure investors that major projects especially in mining will go ahead as planned...
The trial of soldiers accused of attempting to assassinate President Alpha Condé is not going well for the prosecution (AC Vol 52 No 24)...
On 15 March Guinean President Alpha Condé sent a message of congratulations to China’s new leader Xi Jinping...
