Investors fight over Guinea’s iron mountain
After years of denial, an e-mail trail confirms links between several companies related to Israeli mining investor, Beny Steinmetz.
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Nigeria minister’s unlikely return
A lot can happen in a man’s life over 20 years, the accepted timespan for a generation. And that is certainly the case for John Kayode Fayemi, Nigeria’s current Minister of Solid Minerals, as Osasu Obayiuwana explains.
Politricks and empty pockets
A decade-long spending binge has driven Ghana back into an IMF austerity programme. As elections loom this November, why is it politics as usual? By Femi Akomolafe.
Mahama’s Guantanamo deal angers Ghanaians
Relations between Ghana and the US have become a hot topic after the African country agreed to host freed Guantanamo prisoners.
Buhari’s foreign policy: closer to home than America
Nigeria’s primary focus is its neighbours, then the West African sub-region, then the African continent, then the rest of the world.
São Tomé PM: Social cohesion needs economic growth
Patrice Trovoada, the Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe, was born into an era when the archipelago’s thirst for political independence was coming to a head.
