Vol 66 No 10 | LIBYASPECIAL REPORT The Gadaffi billions – how Libya plans to reclaim the stolen wealth 8th May 2025 Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi stashed billions in US banks, and now Libya’s power brokers are vying for control of this hidden fortune. The scramble for wealth has ignited a fierce political battle in Tripoli – one so ruthless that the official leading the recovery has been forced into hiding, fearing for his life. An Africa Confidential Special Report by John Hamilton our North Africa correspondent and managing director of Cross-Border Information. After three months in illegal detention – partly in one of Libya’s most brutal prisons – Mohammed al Mensli, Director-General of the Libyan Asset Recovery and Management Office... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 18 | KENYACLIMATE CHANGE Nairobi vies for green capital status 7th September 2023 William Ruto advances his own, and Kenya's interests, but fails to pull in much climate finance from industrial economies Having spent much of the first year of his presidency staking out the ground as one of Africa's leading voices on climate change and energy policy, Kenya's William...
Vol 65 No 13 | AFRICACLIMATE CHANGE Bonn talks deadlock on finance 20th June 2024 Despite hopes of progress on climate finance for Africa at recent UN negotiations, an impasse emerged at the interim SB60 meeting held in Bonn from 3 to 13...
Vol 61 No 13 | NIGERIACLIMATE CHANGE Back to the scene of the crime 25th June 2020 A plan to restart oil production in Ogoniland amid a failing environmental clean-up risks repeating all the mistakes of 25 years ago This week lawyers for the 40,000 people in the Ogale and Bille communities in the Niger Delta have been pressing their case in London's Supreme Court to hold... READ FOR FREE
Vol 51 No 9 | CLIMATE CHANGE Key points from Copenhagen 30th April 2010 At the United Nations’ climate change summit in Copenhagen in December 2009, African governments won a victory by stopping attempts by the West to kill off the Kyoto...