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Kenyan and Nigerian presidents ranked among world’s most corrupt leaders of 2024

Kenyan president William Ruto has received the most votes and has thus become — together with Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu — one of the top five 2024 finalists for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) ‘Person of the Year’ award. Ruto received an unprecedented number of 40,000 nominations for ‘Person of the […]

Another U.S. Bipartisan Congressional Bill Seeking to Designate Polisario Terrorist Organization

U.S. Representatives Josh Gottheimer (NJ) and Ronny Jackson (TX) have introduced the Polisario Front Terrorist Designation Act, the bipartisan House companion to legislation in the Senate led by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). The legislation requires the Secretary of State to designate the Algeria-backed Polisario group as a terrorist organization for cooperating with Iran or […]

OCP Revenues Grow 15% in H1 2018

Morocco’s phosphates company saw its revenues grow by 15% in the first half of the year to 26,599 million dirhams ($2.86 billion). Revenues increased from 23,152 million dirhams last year as the company continues to invest in Africa where it plans the setting up of fertilizer plants in Ethiopia and Nigeria. “This sales growth was […]