The European Union has been slammed for its inability to act against Samherji, Iceland’s largest fishing company, following its involvement in one of Africa’s biggest scandals, as it has exposed the hollowness of its self-declared fight against corruption. The financial scandal — named after a 2019 Wikileaks release called the “Fishrot Files” — stretches from […]
Mali military rulers have sealed a military partnership with China amid heightened tension with the feckless neighboring Algerian regime, accused by Bamako of interfering in its domestic affairs and supporting terrorist groups threating its stability. Under an agreement signed in Beijing on the sidelines of the ongoing China-Africa cooperation forum, China will provide the West […]
With Africa’s aging mid- and downstream oil products supply infrastructure, the countries on the continent must invest a combined $9.3 billion to expand fuel-transportation infrastructure to avoid supply disruptions as demand grows, according to a new report by energy company Puma Energy and Africa energy consultancy CITAC. The rapidly growing populations and urbanization trends, which […]
