General • 7 Feb 2019 Africa’s Mining Delusions Block Clear Thinking As the Mining Indaba, the massive annual exhibition in Cape Town that bills itself as the “biggest mining investment event”, winds to a close today, it is clear that the powerful overlords of Africa’s mining sector haven’t learnt any new songs since the jamboree started 25 years ago. When that... read more
General • 2 Feb 2019 Gbagbo on Bail; ICC on Trial Judges in the ICC’s Appeals Chamber ordered the release on bail of former Ivorian President, Laurent Gbagbo, and his then Youth Minister, Charles Blé Goudé, this morning after a hearing in the Hague. The two politicians are however barred from returning immediately to the Ivory Coast, averting a potential crisis... read more
