Vol 59 No 20 | GUINEA Turks in troubled waters 12th October 2018 Another over-priced port contract comes under fire for political patronage and secrecy The Port Autonome de Conakry (PAC), Guinea's principal sea port, is a strategic national asset, so the fact that it is now to be run by Turkey's Albayrak...
Vol 59 No 20 | LIBERIA The heist that never was 12th October 2018 Elected on a pro-poor ticket as a ‘man of the people’, George Weah has fast become mired in allegations of graft President George Weah's carefully choreographed image as a champion of the slum poor, which got him elected with an overwhelming majority in December 2017, is unlikely to survive...
Vol 59 No 19 | NIGERIA Big business gets stuck into the elections 28th September 2018 A string of corporate fraud cases is stirring up partisan rivalries ahead of next year’s presidential vote Prosecutors in Milan began to set out their case against oil giants Royal Dutch Shell and Italy's ENI in court on 26 September. Both companies are charged with... READ FOR FREE
Vol 59 No 19 | SIERRA LEONE Man in a hurry 28th September 2018 Julius Maada Bio has promised much on education, and the anti-corruption bandwagon is already rolling Determined to make his mark early, President Julius Maada Bio has promised a revolution in transport, in education and in tackling corruption. As well as promising a US$1.3...
Vol 59 No 18 | SIERRA LEONE A bridge too far 14th September 2018 After trashing ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma's plan to build a new US$300 million airport as a 'sham', President Julius Maada Bio has pledged another Chinese-financed project set to...
Vol 59 No 18 | SENEGAL Not lacking convictions 14th September 2018 Having lost his first appeal against conviction for the misuse of municipal funds, Khalifa Sall has been dismissed as mayor of Dakar by President Macky Sall – even...
Vol 59 No 17 | NIGERIA Blame game scuppers reform 31st August 2018 After ten years of drafting, the National Assembly has produced an unworkable bill to restructure the petroleum industry Plans to modernise the national oil industry have been derailed again by partisan politics and vested interests in a debacle that could cost Nigeria tens of billions of...
Vol 59 No 17 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Whose coup is it anyway? 31st August 2018 The government has foiled a plot to kill Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada and kidnap President Evaristo Carvalho and the National Assembly President José Diogo, it claimed on 7...
Vol 59 No 17 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Two suitors for the FPI 31st August 2018 The political landscape has been in flux ever since Henri Konan Bédié's Parti démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI) left the Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la...
Vol 59 No 17 | SENEGAL President plays by his rules 22nd August 2018 Opposition leaders accuse Macky Sall of bending the law courts to his advantage as the opposition flounders in the lead-up to elections With just seven months to go to Senegal's next presidential election, the political mood remains sour as opponents accuse President Macky Sall of manipulating the judicial system to...