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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 and document forgery against the French-Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz over the securing of lucrat...

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 surrounded the house of Mr Condé’s rival, Cellou Dalein Diallo, who was trapped inside for over a week aft...

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) bring to a close a politically charged year on the continent.   In the Sahelian country, many peopl...

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 Konan Bédié (PDCI), and former prime minister Guillaume Soro were both allies of Ouattara and went ...

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 |