Page 24 - Alpha Cond News Today

BBC News By Imogen Foulkes image copyrightCopyright © 2016 Rio Tinto image captionThe Simandou mines are thought to have some of the most valuable untapped iron ore deposits in the world Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz has been given a five-year jail sentence by a court in Geneva, in a trial described as the mining sectors biggest-ever corruption case. The trial threw a spotlight on an often murky struggle for control of Africas natural resources. Steinmetz, a former diamond magnate who als...

news Verdict for tycoon in historic mine corruption trial © Copyright © 2016 Rio Tinto The Simandou mines are thought to have some of the most valuable untapped iron ore deposits in the world Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz has spent two weeks on trial in Geneva, in a case being described as the mining sectors biggest-ever corruption case, and one that shines a spotlight on an often murky struggle for control of Africas natural resources. Mr Steinmetz, a former diamond magnate who also h...

Kayode OyeroThe curtain falls on the Donald Trump presidency on Wednesday but the 45th President of the United States would be remembered for a...

Views: Visits 20 Today, a historic trial is starting in Calvin’s city. Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz faces charges of “corruption of foreign public officials” and “document forgery” with two business partners. He is alleged to have arranged the transfer of at least USD 8.5 million from 2006 to 2012 to get his hands on the Simandou iron-ore deposit in the Republic of Guinea. Switzerland must take preventive action so that it will no longer be complicit in predatory practi...

The trial of a French-Israeli diamond magnate has begun in Geneva following an international investigation lasting more than six years.

Corruption Trial of French-Israeli Tycoon Begins in Switzerland Swiss prosecutors have accused the billionaire Beny Steinmetz of securing lucrative mining deals in the West African country of Guinea with bribes. Mr. Steinmetz has denied the charges. Beny Steinmetz, a French-Israeli diamond magnate, center, arriving to court in Geneva on Monday.Credit...Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Jan. 11, 2021 A criminal court in Geneva on Monday began hearing charges of corruption an...

Ballots and bloodshed The president, Alpha Condé, has won a third term—but he has little to celebrate “L ONG LIVE democracy, long live peace,” said Kabinet Cissé, the head of Guinea’s electoral commission, as he announced on October 24th that Alpha Condé had won a third term as president. But on the streets of Conakry, the capital, there was little sign of peace—perhaps owing to a lack of democracy. Wounded protesters lay next to charred vehicles. A fleet of police trucks surrounde...

Senegal-Politics-Elections January 07, 2021 to 13:10 428 APA-Dakar (Senegal) From a political point of view, a series of elections often marred by violence have set the pace for the year 2020, despite the Covid-19 pandemic in Africa. The second round in Niger between Mohamed Bazoum and Mahamane Ousmane as well as the re-election of Faustin Archange Touadéra in the Central African Republic (CAR) ...

Alpha Condé of Guinea and Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast Outgoing presidents Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast and Alpha Condé of Guinea enthroned themselves and took an oath to “defend the Constitution.” Both men amended their constitutions to stay in power. They organized violence-ridden elections and one after the other, in well-choreographed political ballet, were sworn in for a 3rd term, one day apart.  Two of the leaders of the Ivorian opposition, former President Henri Ko...

10th December 2020 Today Issoufou is earning international plaudits for stepping down at the end of his second mandate as the term limit requires – rather than seeking to amend it as his Guinean and Ivorian counterparts Alpha Condé and Alassane Ouattara have done (AC Vol 61 No 22 Condé shrugs off poll doubts & Ouattara sweeps half the board)... Vol 61 No 22 |