Vol 51 No 9 | MAURITIUSSENEGALBRITAIN CDC goes offshore 30th April 2010 A mining company in which the British government is the biggest shareholder is using Mauritius-registered front companies to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes on its mineral...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 6 | GUINEACHINA More ore, more problems 22nd April 2010 A US$3.3 million loan offered by the China International Fund has drawn renewed criticism of the company’s activities in Guinea. On 1 March, Abdoulaye Yéro Baldé, a member...
Vol 51 No 8 | NIGERIA A government in a hurry 16th April 2010 In just twelve months Acting President Jonathan’s team wants to fix the power crisis, reform the NEC and reorganise the state oil company The mixture of military officers, bankers and feisty female politicians in Acting President Goodluck Jonathan’s new cabinet has just over a year to make an impact in five...
Vol 51 No 7 | NIGERIA Jonathan and the securocrats 2nd April 2010 With a new cabinet in place, the acting President wants to push through some economic and political reforms The next stage of the political plan mapped out by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan and his advisors is taking shape, following the Senate's confirmation of the list of...
Vol 51 No 7 | GHANA Oil spill 2nd April 2010 No end is in sight to the row between the government and the United States' Kosmos Energy over Kosmos's efforts to sell its equity stake in Ghana's Jubilee...
Vol 51 No 6 | NIGER Confusion after the coup 19th March 2010 The new military rulers promise an anti-corruption purge and elections but are thin on detail The 18 February coup was almost surgical and was popular with the many people who wanted President Mamadou Tandja ousted, but the follow-up appears more improvised and chaotic...
Vol 51 No 6 | TOGO Tarnished triumph 19th March 2010 As President Faure’s regime cracks down on protest against his election fraud, the opposition dithers Opposition politicians say the results of the 6 March elections were fraudulent but show little stomach for confronting the heavily militarised regime in Lomé or elsewhere. France and...
Vol 51 No 6 | TOGO The men at the centre 19th March 2010 * Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, 44, won a second five-year term, on a platform of economic development and reform, with few details. He will be sworn in on 3...
Vol 51 No 6 | SIERRA LEONE Kabba on trial 19th March 2010 The energetic Director of the Anti-Corruption Commission, Abdul Tejan-Cole, is scoring some success, with the suspension of the third minister in President Ernest Bai Koroma’s government on charges...