Jump to navigation

Displaying 11-20 out of 2383 results.

Rice and racketeering

President Joseph Boakai continues to splash the cash on lobbyists in Washington, DC. But this time he has agreed to pay more than US$500,000 to a former United...


Rivals tussle for Benin Bronzes

The opening of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Edo State’s Benin City won plaudits. But few noticed the absence of the objects it was designed...


Embaló seizes total power

With his close ally General Biaguê, the President has all but destroyed the country’s democracy within five years

Tensions are rising between President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and opposition groupings over the date he is due to leave office. Embaló insists it is 4 September – that...


President Bio keeps cocaine lord in the family

One of Europe’s most wanted criminals is the partner of one of the President’s daughters and has transferred his operations to Freetown. An Africa Confidential Special Report By Josef Skrdlik and Andrew Weir

Sierra Leone has been in a state of shock ever since one of Freetown’s most astonishing urban myths was confirmed as fact – that one of Europe’s most...

READ FOR FREE

Playing the numbers game

Political pressure is mounting on Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics ahead of the imminent release of its GDP rebasing data. The statistical exercise could more than double the...


Displaying 11-20 out of 2383 results.