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August
CorbeauNews Centrafrique (August 29, 2021): Rapport the Sentry sur SUCAF et l’UPC : « c’est l’absence de l’état qui a créé tous ses désarrois », estime l’opposant Jean – Serge Bokassa
Федеральное агентство новостей No.1 (August 28, 2021): Сахар, топливо, вино: чем французский Castel платил боевикам за сохранность бизнеса в ЦАР
The Zimbabwean (August 21, 2021): Corporate capture driving Corruption in Zimbabwe
Deutsche Welle (August 25, 2021): RCA : des habitants sous le choc après une enquête
Mondafrique (August 24, 2021): Le groupe Castel accusé d’avoir financé les groupes armés centrafricains
Jeune Afrique (August 24, 2021): Centrafrique : Castel active son comité d’éthique
Wine Searcher (August 22, 2021): Wine Company Accused of War Crimes
Africa Times (August 22, 2021): France’s Castel calls for inquiry after report on C.A.R. operations
Bloomberg (August 21, 2021): Castel of France to Probe Allegations of African Militia Support
TV5 (August 21, 2021): Affaire du groupe Castel en Centrafrique : “ce genre de problématique en RCA est systémique”
Le Monde (August 20, 2021): En Centrafrique, une filiale du groupe français Castel accusée d’avoir soutenu des rebelles
Jeune Afrique (August 20, 2021): Centrafrique : « accord tacite » entre Somdiaa et des rebelles ?
East African (August 20, 2021): US Watchdog links French firm’s subsidiary to funding militia in CAR
Libération (August 20, 2021): Castel, le géant français des boissons, accusé d’avoir payé un groupe armé en Centrafrique
AFP (August 20, 2021): Centrafrique : le groupe Castel accusé d’avoir entretenu des liens avec des milices armées
RFI (August 20, 2021): French wine giant Castel accused of funding rebels in CAR
RFI (August 20, 2021): Centrafrique: une ONG dénonce un «accord tacite» entre le groupe Castel et des groupes armés
Radio Ndeke Luka (August 19, 2021): L’entreprise française Sucaf accusée de financement de milices violentes en Centrafrique
Les Echos (August 19, 2021): Castel ouvre une enquête sur une filiale accusée d’entente avec des rebelles en Centrafrique
Le nouveau Centrafrique (August 19, 2021): France : Face aux accusations de “The Sentry”, Castel maison mère de la Sucaf annonce vouloir ouvrir une enquête
Le Figaro (August 19, 2021): Castel ouvre une enquête sur une filiale en Centrafrique, accusée d’avoir soutenu des rebelles
Inside Philanthropy (August 19, 2021): How a Media and Mining Mogul Supports Global Development, Conflict Resolution and More
VOA Afrique (August 18, 2021): Le géant français Castel cité dans de graves violations des droits humains en RCA
Deutsche Welle (August 18, 2021): RCA : un groupe sucrier accusé d’avoir financé l’UPC
France 24 (August 18, 2021): Central African Republic: “tacit agreement” between a sugar group and rebels, denounces an NGO
AFP (August 18, 2021): French firm paid CAR rebels to protect sugar operations: US watchdog
AFP (August 18, 2021): Centrafrique : une ONG américaine dénonce un “accord tacite” entre Castel et des rebelles
Mbaretimes (August 16, 2021): Belgian firm awarded Zim passport production contract
Bloomberg (August 13, 2021): Tycoon May Have Shifted Assets to Zimbabwe After U.S. Sanctions
ZimRights (August 4, 2021): ZimRights July Human Rights Round Up
Zimbabwe Standard (August 1, 2021): How committed is Mnangagwa to eradication of corruption?
July
ZimEye (July 29, 2021): ZimRights Requests Information on Beneficiaries of Tax Holidays
The New Activist Podcast (July 26, 2021): John Prendergast, Following the Dirty Money
VOA Zimbabwe (July 23, 2021): Britain Imposes Targeted Sanctions on Zimbabwe Businessman Tagwirei, 4 Others ‘Exploiting’ People
Africa Confidential (July 22, 2021): Between money and the military
Bloomberg (July 20, 2021): Zimbabwe Says It Was Given Kuvimba Stake to Compensate Farmers
Deutsche Welle (July 19, 2021): República Centro-Africana: Mercenários russos da Wagner acusados de assassinatos
Bulawayo24 (July 17, 2021): Tagwirei’s vast tentacles grip Zimbabwe government
Kenyan Business Feed (July 14, 2021): The Sentry report exposes the corruption of post-Mugabe era businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei
The Red Line Podcast (July 14, 2021): Episode 47. The Resurgence of Africa’s Conflict Diamonds
The Zimbabwean (July 13, 2021): It’s good introducing anti-corruption curricular at ECD, but why don’t we start by uprooting graft right from top echelons of power?
Bulawayo24 (July 11, 2021): Mystery over Zimbabwe army deal?
Zimbabwe Standard (July 11, 2021): Mnangagwa-Tagwirei links getting clearer
ZimEye (July 9, 2021): Mnangagwa Unwilling To Weed Out Corrupt Elements In His Administration – ZimEye
Agence Ecofin (July 9, 2021): Dan Gertler, devenu le symbole du pillage des ressources de la RDC
AFP (July 9, 2021): Salva Kiir: The Man Who Led South Sudan To Independence Then War
L’express Maurice (July 9, 2021): Offshore: quand le secret des uns mine la transparence des autres…
Deutsche Welle (July 8, 2021): Russische Söldner töten in Zentralafrika: Was steckt dahinter?
Foreign Policy (July 7, 2021): Succession in South Sudan
The Zimbabwean (July 6, 2021): Revealed: How Top Mnangagwa Ally Is Stealing State Resources
Bloomberg (July 6, 2021): Zimbabwe Got Mines From Company Linked to Sanctioned Tycoon
Africa Confidential (July 3, 2021): Tagwirei probe indicts top government officials
ZimLive (July 5, 2021): Exposed: Kudakwashe Tagwire’s off-budget funding of military, money laundering
ZimEye (July 5, 2021): Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Blue-eyed Boy Tagwirei Shadowy Business Deals Exposed
The Zimbabwean (July 4, 2021): Zimbabwe tycoon’s ‘dirty money’ – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
VOA Zimbabwe (July 4, 2021): Investigation Group Uncovers Zimbabwe Tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei’s Hidden Business Empire
NewsHawks (July 3, 2021): Zimbabwe Tycoon Used State Ties to Hide Assets, Report Says
Bloomberg (July 2, 2021): Tagwirei’s vast business empire unmasked
The Zimbabwean (July 2, 2021): The Sentry Reveals Hidden Business Practices of Zimbabwean Tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei
Financial Times (July 2, 2021): The offshore hive of Zimbabwe’s ‘Queen Bee’
Daily Maverick (July 1, 2021): Dismantling Zimbabwe’s kleptocracy: Report lifts lid on Kuda Tagwirei’s offshore dealings and sanction-avoiding strategies
June
The Africa Report (June 30, 2021): Sudan: How PM Hamdok is securing state-owned enterprises
Radio Dabanga (June 27, 2021): US State Department lauds Sudan’s ‘great progress’ in financial transparency
Radio Ndeke Luka (June 27, 2021): RCA: L’ONU S’INQUIÈTE DES CONSÉQUENCES DE LA CONTRE OFFENSIVE DE L’ARMÉE ET SES ALLIÉS CONTRE LES REBELLES DE LA CPC
Anadolu Agency (June 22, 2021): Centrafrique : l’opposition exige le départ des mercenaires russes
BBC World Service Radio (June 21, 2021): World Business Report
Mondafrique (June 21, 2021): Centrafrique, le groupe russe Wagner accusé d’atrocités par CNN
RFI (June 18, 2021): Centrafrique: la présidence répond aux «allégations» liées aux paramilitaires russes
TV5 Monde (June 17, 2021): Centrafrique : un bras de fer entre Paris et Moscou ?
CorbeauNews Centrafrique (June 17, 2021): Paoua, les mercenaires de Wagner frappent de nouveau
AFP (June 17, 2021): La Centrafrique, théâtre d’une guerre d’influence entre Paris et Moscou
Radio Tamazuj (June 16, 2021): Why The Rapid Support Forces As An Independent Force Is A Setback To Democratic Transition In Sudan
Agence EcoFin (June 15, 2021): Centrafrique : les mercenaires russes accusés d’atrocités sur les civils pour le contrôle de l’or et des diamants
Deutsche Welle (June 15, 2021): RCA : des mercenaires russes à nouveau accusés de crimes
CNN Brasil(June 15, 2021): Russos são acusados de tortura e assassinato na República Centro-Africana
Nederlands Dagblad (June 15, 2021): Russos são acusados de tortura e assassinato na República Centro-Africana
CNN (June 15, 2021): It was our children they killed’: Russian mercenaries implicated in the torture and killing of civilians in Central African Republic
May
Le Parisien (May 29, 2021): Le trafiquant d’or agressé à Paris par quatre hommes armés
Financial Times (May 27, 2021): US is right to impose sanctions on Ethiopia
Somos GEN (May 24, 2021): TIERRA DE NADIE – De reo en Tacumbú a Cónsul Honorario (1/3)
Lawfare (May 24, 2021): The Week That Will Be
Europa Press (May 24, 2021): RDCongo.- Mueren doce personas por un derrumbe en una mina de oro en el norte de RDC
Altaghyeer (May 22, 2021): The Sentry: Sudan’s economic reforms risk receiving “little to no attention”
Al-ba3shoum (May 19, 2021): آل دقلو في فتيل دولي جديد تقرير مؤسسة الحارس – كواليس البعشوم
Inside Philanthropy (May 19, 2021): The Dutch Lottery Is a Surprisingly Huge Donor. Here’s How It Stands Against War Profiteering
Africa Confidential (May 18, 2021): Prime Minister Hamdok wins critical backing for economic turnaround
Sudan Tribune (May 18, 2021): Advocacy group warns of threat to Sudan’s civilian-led transition
Al Jazeera (May 17, 2021): African statues and North Korean sanctions
The World News (May 17, 2021): مجلة نيوزلاين الأمريكية: كيف يمكن لتقرير حقوق الإنسان أن يقلب الأوضاع في السودان .. الكشف عن مجزرة فض الاعتصام ونبيل أديب يخشى أن تؤدي نتائجه إلى إنقلاب
Associated Press (May 17, 2021): La France détient des discussions globales pour offrir un allégement de la dette pour le Soudan
Associated Press (May 17, 2021): France holds global talks to offer debt relief for Sudan
The Star Kenya (May 1, 2021): UK to freeze assets, issue travel bans on corrupt in new law
April
CorbeauNews Centrafrique (April 30, 2021): RCA : la dernière sortie médiatique de l’ambassadeur russe en RCA, Vladimir Titorenko à la coalition de l’opposition centrafricaine continue de couler beaucoup d’encre
Media Congo (April 29, 2021): Minerais de sang : sans respect strict de la loi, la situation risque de perdurer et s’enraciner
De Standaard (April 29, 2021): Belgische goudhandelaar in vizier van Amerikaanse Senaat
BBC World Service / NPR (April 27, 2021): Newsday, April 27, 2021
World Politics Review (April 27, 2021): The U.S. vs. Dan Gertler
Sudan Tribune (April 27, 2021): UK sanctions Sudanese businessman over corruption in South Sudan
The East African (April 27, 2021): UK sanctions 22 people linked to notorious graft cases
Regulation Asia (April 27, 2021): Mitigating Illicit Convergence in Transnational Financial Crime
Horizon (April 24, 2021): 2021 Aurora Humanitarians Announced
Voice of America (April 22, 2021): Sudanese Analysts: Chad Military Takeover Will Likely Cause Instability in Darfur Region
Sudan Tribune (April 20, 2021): Wanted Paraguay “fugitive” now involved in business dealings in South Sudan, says report
Radio Tamazuj (April 20, 2021): Fugitive forged new identity as business tycoon in South Sudan: investigative report
La Nacion (April 20, 2021): La metamorfosis de Ali Khalil Merhi: de reo en Tacumbú a cónsul honorario en Sudán del Sur
Philanthropy News Digest (April 17, 2021): The Sentry receives $3.23 million to track war crimes, profiteering
Financial Crime Digest (April 17, 2021): March Edition
Le Soft (April 12, 2021): L’IGF met EGAl hors cause mais rattrape l’homme qui instruisit Mutombo
The New Humanitarian, Al Jazeera (April 7, 2021): L’IGF EXCLUSIVE: Corruption Claims Spark New Concerns About Aid To South Sudan
Voice of America (April 3, 2021): Nightline Africa April 03, 2021 02:00 PM
Daily Nation (April 2, 2021): South Sudan: S.Sudan to Use U.S.$174 Million IMF Grant to Fund Its Budget
March
Radio Dabanga (March 31, 2021): Central Africa: Report Urges U.S. to Intensify Pressure to Curb Kleptocracy in East and Central Africa
L’Orient-Le Jour (March 31, 2021): Au Soudan, une avancée vers la séparation entre l’État et la religion
Radio Dabanga (March 27, 2021): Sudan’s exchange rate: New report on how to sustain progress and pre-empt risks
VICE News (March 24, 2021): They Exposed an Alleged Money Laundering Network. Then They Were Sentenced to Death.
EcoMatin (March 18, 2021): Le trafic illégal de l’or fait perdre plus 4 milliards de dollars aux pays d’Afrique centrale et de l’Est
Agence Ecofin (March 18, 2021): La Suisse met en place un nouveau mécanisme pour lutter contre la contrebande d’or
Agence Ecofin (March 17, 2021): Gabon : l’Etat intensifie la lutte contre l’orpaillage clandestin
Equal Times (March 15, 2021): Central African refugees are caught between a rock and hard place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Jeune Afrique (March 15, 2021): Or : du Cameroun à la RDC, 4 milliards de dollars d’exportations « à haut risque »
Afrique sur 7 (March 13, 2021): Trafic illicite de l’or en Afrique: Perte 4 milliards de dollars d’or par an
Agence Ecofin (March 12, 2021): Trafic illégal d’or : les pays d’Afrique centrale et de l’Est continuent de perdre des milliards de dollars (rapport)
Africa Intelligence (March 12, 2021): Trafic illégal d’or : Vente d’or : African Gold Refinery attaque frontalement l’UE pour rester dans la course
Africa Intelligence (March 12, 2021): Accused of links to conflict minerals, African Gold Refinery fires broadside at EU
Le Soir (March 10, 2021): Accused RDCongo: l’administration Biden coupe les ailes à Dan Gertler, l’ancien partenaire de Kabila
JCK (March 10, 2021): U.S. Reimposes Sanctions On Diamond Trader Gertler
Agence Ecofin (March 10, 2021): RDC : le controversé Dan Gertler fait l’objet de nouvelles sanctions économiques aux Etats-Unis
RFI (March 9, 2021): US scraps Trump waiver for sanctions against Israeli mining mogul Gertler
RFI (March 9, 2021): RDC: les États-Unis rétablissent les sanctions contre le milliardaire israélien Dan Gertler
African Business (March 9, 2021): Can Tshisekedi clean up DRC’s mining sector?
Middle East Eye (March 9, 2021): Biden administration reinstates sanctions against Israeli mining tycoon
AFP (March 9, 2021): Washington sanctionne à nouveau un milliardaire israélien
Actualite.CD (March 9, 2021): RDC: l’administration Biden réactive les sanctions contre Dan Gertler
Bloomberg (March 8, 2021): Israeli Billionaire Loses Trump-Granted Sanction Reprieve
AFP (March 8, 2021): Changing Course, US Cracks Down On Israeli Billionaire Over DRC
Daily Maverick (March 8, 2021): President Biden forces Israeli mining magnate Dan Gertler back into Magnitsky Act straightjacket
African Business (March 7, 2021): March 2021 Edition: Mining
Agence Ecofin (March 5, 2021): RDC : les autorités interdisent l’exploitation minière dans un village du Sud-Kivu
The Africa Report (March 5, 2021): More than $4bn a year in high-risk gold flows from DRC, Uganda, Rwanda, CAR and others
Middle East Eye (March 4, 2021): Biden urged to reinstate sanctions on Israeli mining tycoon
African Business (March 2, 2021): Time to safeguard Africa’s elections
February
Reuters (February 26, 2020): Sudan stumbles through transition without fresh donor help
Associated Press (February 22, 2020): South Sudan’s rivals form unity government meant to end war
New York Times (February 20, 2020): South Sudan’s Feuding Leaders Announce Unity Deal, Amid War Crimes Report
Fox News (February 17, 2020): Where is Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony?
The East African (February 16, 2020): To get off sanctions list, Sudan cuts rights deals with global players
Middle East Eye (February 15, 2020): Can South Sudan’s men of war lead the country to peace?
Associated Press / The New York Times (February 11, 2020): Official: Sudan to Hand Over Al-Bashir for Genocide Trial
Washington Post (February 11, 2020): Sudan official says government agrees to send suspected war criminals to International Criminal Court
Wall Street Journal (February 11, 2020): Sudan Agrees in Principle to Extradite Ex-Strongman Bashir for Prosecution
January
Ozy (January 22, 2020): The Killers of Darfur Are Cashing In on Foreign Conflicts
BBC World Service (January 9, 2020): BBC Newsday 09 Jan 2020
Voice of America (January 8, 2020): VOA Daybreak
The Daily Nation (January 8, 2020): US sanctions South Sudan vice president over human rights
Associated Press (January 8, 2020): US Sanctions South Sudan’s Vice President Over Abuses
The East African (January 7, 2020): Food insecure South Sudan banks on oil money for agriculture