Africa: Is Rubber the New Palm Oil?

As the world's first Sustainable Rubber Platform is launched, Ali Hines of Global Witness asks whether tire companies can make good on their promises. Read more »

Africa: It's Time to Stand Up for Journalists

This is the first time Global Witness has marked the Day to End Impunity for Crimes Committed Against Journalists. But after the year we've just had, staying silent isn't an… Read more »

Africa: 2018, the Year That Beneficial Ownership Transparency Went Mainstream (Kind Of).

This week 1500 members of the world's anti-corruption community are in Copenhagen, coming together at the 18th International Anti-Corruption Conference to learn from one another,… Read more »

Africa: Why I'm Cautiously Hopeful About China's Baby Steps Towards Regulating Timber Imports

In 2012, when I first started researching China's illegal timber imports, related news or information in Chinese was scarce. Six years on, however, a study co-authored by a Chinese… Read more »

Africa: Vital Voices Missing From US Government Decision-Making Discussions Over Conflict Minerals Rule

Section 1502 of the Dodd Frank Act, known as the conflict minerals rule, has been under unprecedented scrutiny by various agencies of the US Government in recent months. Read more »

Africa: A Year After Release, Panama Papers Remain Evergreen

One year on, the impact of the Panama Papers has been profound. Government officials have resigned. Executives have been sacked. Criminal charges have been filed. But, arguably,… Read more »

Africa: Guinea's Bribery Saga Reaches New Peaks

Lurid bribery revelations led the government of Guinea to confiscate world-beating iron ore reserves from junior mining company BSG Resources in 2014. So when bitter rival Rio… Read more »

Nigeria: Nowhere to Hide - Prosecutors Turn Up the Heat On Oil Execs At Heart of Corruption Scandal

The latest developments in a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal show how the net is closing in on oil bosses who allow shady deals to happen on their watch - and how vital… Read more »

Africa: Who Really Owns Zimbabwe's Diamonds? the Answer May Surprise You (Or Not).

For many years Global Witness has investigated a swirl of allegations around Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields. We uncovered the allocation of one diamond mining concession to the… Read more »

Africa: Extracting Equality - Gender and the African Mining Industry

In this guest blog, Anja Tolonen, assistant professor at Barnard College, Columbia University, discusses the costs and benefits of large-scale mining for women across Africa. Read more »

Africa: Four Years On the Congolese Government Is Failing to Enforce Its Law Designed to Stem Conflict and Abuses in the Minerals Trade

In February 2012, as the mineral-rich Kivu provinces in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo were descending into fighting once again, the Congolese government issued a law… Read more »