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The gold pact: How militias privatize gold security in the Sahel

The gold pact: How militias privatize gold security in the Sahel

In the wake of forgotten wars and porous borders, gold panning in the Sahel has become a discreet theater where alliances of interest are forged between armed groups, private security companies and formal or informal

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Digital CFA Franc: The new monetary battlefield in West Africa

Digital CFA Franc: The new monetary battlefield in West Africa

Behind the technological veneer lie intense negotiations between African states, banks and France.   In West African capitals, the idea of a "digital CFA franc" has been circulating quietly for several years. Officially, the Banque

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West Africa : The ghost contracts of the Chinese Belt & Road

West Africa : The ghost contracts of the Chinese Belt & Road

In West African capitals, ribbons have been cut for bridges, roads, ports and dams financed by China. But behind these visible infrastructures, another reality is at play in the contractual annexes: confidentiality clauses, foreign currency

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Togo : The murky business of cotton and fertilizers

Togo : The murky business of cotton and fertilizers

In Togo, cotton, long heralded as a "white gold", is going through a turbulent period where public interests, private strategies and donor intervention are intertwined. While seed cotton production has fallen to 60,403 tonnes by

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Gold, coltan and governors in the Democratic Republic of Congo : The shadow chain

Gold, coltan and governors in the Democratic Republic of Congo : The shadow chain

In the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the political economy of strategic minerals is written in the interstices of provincial power. In the shadow of the governorates, a mosaic of players (local

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GenZ212 in Morocco: who’s really financing it?

GenZ212 in Morocco: who’s really financing it?

In Morocco, the emergence of the GenZ212 collective took parties, unions and institutions by surprise. Born online and massively relayed on Discord, TikTok and Instagram, this movement of young people, often minors or barely out

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Youth programs in Ivory Coast: On the trail of untraceable beneficiaries

Youth programs in Ivory Coast: On the trail of untraceable beneficiaries

In 2023, the "Year of Youth" proclaimed in Abidjan, the Ivorian executive unveiled a three-year Government Youth Program (PJ-Gouv) worth a spectacular 1,118 billion CFA francs, supposedly offering 1.5 million training, employment and financing opportunities

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Major construction projects confiscated: Investigation into the Moroccan construction industry’s entre-soi.

Major construction projects confiscated: Investigation into the Moroccan construction industry’s entre-soi.

Why, despite recent reforms, do major public worksites continue to be awarded to the same construction groups? In the course of the cases we have examined, one thing has become clear: public procurement remains structured

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Cameroon: investigations into the elite’s exiled billions

Cameroon: investigations into the elite’s exiled billions

The problem Since the early 2000s, a significant proportion of Cameroon's private capital has been escaping via offshore arrangements, shell companies, holdings, foreign accounts and trusts, blurring the identity of the actual beneficiaries. The issue

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The shadow of the oil majors: Capturing energy policy in Africa

The shadow of the oil majors: Capturing energy policy in Africa

From Malabo to Abuja, one thing is clear: in the shadows of African capitals, Western oil and gas multinationals are having a lasting influence on the design of laws, strategies and investments. The stakes go