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March 15
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 »
April 19, 2017
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 »
April 04, 2017
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 »
March 01, 2017
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 »
February 13, 2017
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 »
February 10, 2017
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 »
January 25, 2017
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 »
November 04, 2016
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 »
October 19, 2016
Liberia: Palm Oil Giant Golden Veroleum Bulldozes Religious Sites in Liberia, Protected By Armed Police
Palm oil giant Golden Veroleum (GVL) has bulldozed religious sites in southeast Liberia and has paid police armed with assault rifles to protect its plantations, a new Global… Read more »
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