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South Africa: Gold Miner Feels Heat of U.S. Anti-Corruption Measures
allAfrica, 12 September 2013
A 125-year-old gold mining company established by the British imperialist Cecil John Rhodes is feeling the heat of United States anti-corruption measures over a scheme to allocate… Read more »
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South Africa: Gold Fields - Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Today's Trustee, 1 March 2013
When a company is subjected to BEE pressures that are out of the ordinary, what's it to do? Carol Paton re-examines the way that Gold Fields handled its South Deep predicament. Read more »
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Africa: NGO Urges Strong U.S. Action Against Corruption
Global Witness, 3 September 2013
Global Witness joins Members of Congress and investors representing more than US$5.6 trillion in assets in calling on the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to re-issue a… Read more »
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Ghana: International Conference On Payment Disclosure in the Extractive Industries Held in Accra
Ghana Govt., 2 August 2013
An International Conference on Payment Disclosures in the Extractive Industries, yesterday, took place in Accra. Read more »
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Namibia: Avoiding the 'Resource Curse'
Namibian, 31 May 2013
Namibia should set out to be a world leader on extractive industry governance, argues Graham Hopwood. Read more »
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Liberia: European Union Delegation Laments Lack of Prosecution in Liberia Corruption Cases
FrontPageAfrica, 2 June 2013
The ACP-EU joint parliamentary Assembly delegation Friday concluded their three-day fact finding visit to Liberia and presented its findings to the Government of Liberia during… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Hails U.S. Court's Dismissal of Suits Against Oil Companies, Others
Premium Times, 7 May 2013
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, on Tuesday hailed the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeal to dismiss a law-suit challenging the legality for… Read more »
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Africa: Europe Agrees On Landmark Anti-Corruption Law
Global Witness, 9 April 2013
The EU has today agreed ground-breaking new rules forcing oil, gas, mining and logging companies to publish details of the payments they make to governments for access to natural… Read more »
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Nigeria: Europe Achieves New Transparency Deal
This Day, 16 April 2013
The European Union (EU) has reached a deal to match a law by the United States that compels oil, gas and mining companies to publish payments they make to governments in the… Read more »
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Africa: Summary of the New EU Accounting and Transparency Directives
Global Witness, 29 April 2013
On 9 April 2013, the European Union Member States, Parliament and Commission agreed to adopt the Accounting and Transparency Directives. Read more »
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Africa: Europe Should Emulate U.S. to Fight Corruption
allAfrica, 10 September 2012
It is not often that we see political leadership act courageously to uphold principles of good corporate governance, which makes a recent decision taken in the United States - one… Read more »
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Nigeria: Revenue Watch Welcomes Push for Oil Payment Disclosure
This Day, 25 September 2012
The Revenue Watch Institute (RWI) has said the European Parliament committee vote, which will require oil, gas and mining companies to disclose their payments to governments was a… Read more »
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Africa: U.S. Adopts Rules Requiring Payment Disclosures for Resource Extraction
U.S. SEC, 22 August 2012
The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted rules mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requiring resource extraction issuers to… Read more »