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Browse the latest op-eds from the The Sentry on our work countering financial crime and preventing crimes against humanity.
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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