The lifting of the strike notice at the Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex has done more than avert a shutdown. It has exposed a financial arrangement of a very different nature. Behind the public concession on working conditions, the agreement struck between Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold and union leaders rests onContinue Reading

Public outrage grows over the enforced disappearance of journalist Moussa Kaka in Niger since August 31. As accusations of an illegal detention mount, human rights advocate Alioune Tine demands immediate answers from both African leaders and international actors. The silence surrounding his fate is no longer acceptable, argues the founderContinue Reading