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- Vol 3 No 4
- 01/02/2010
Kinshasa’s missing millions
Evidence of grand corruption mounts in Beijing’s showcase $6 billion barter deal with the Kinshasa government
- Vol 3 No 4
- 01/02/2010
Fixing Kinshasa's broken boulevards
Agreed in November 2009, the second phase of infrastructure deals associated with the Sicomines joint venture is worth US$400 million and is expected to provide Congolese President Joseph Kabila with a list of projects about which he can boast in the ...
- Vol 3 No 4
- 01/02/2010
Tullow takes Lake Albert
The Ugandan government has approved Tullow’s bid for Heritage’s stakes in Lake Albert, allowing the Irish company to work with CNOOC
- Vol 3 No 4
- 01/02/2010
Beijing's builders are back
The on-again off-again plan to renovate the railway linking coastal Lagos to Kano in the north may formally start up this year, but questions about the validity of any contract signed between the Chinese companies and the Nigerian government remain unt...
- Vol 3 No 4
- 01/02/2010
China Union’s clouds have iron linings
More than a year and two amendments later, progress is finally being made on little-known China Union’s US$2.68 billion deal to redevelop Liberia’s Bong Mines. In her apologetic New Year address, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf announced that a second ...
- Vol 3 No 3
- 01/01/2010
A year to mend broken promises
After a dramatic fall in its trade and investment in Africa, Beijing pledges a return to exponential growth
- Vol 3 No 3
- 01/01/2010
Academics find holes in China's Marshall Plan
Debate within China has been raging for some time over the solution to the problem of slumping exports. One of the more controversial ideas that has been floated is a ‘Marshall Plan for Africa’ (AAC Vol 2 No 10). The idea is far from coherent, with sev...
- Vol 3 No 2
- 01/12/2009
Beijing's bankroll for Bong's ore
The China Development Bank promises to save China Union's US$2.68 Bong Mine project but will take an 85% stake to provide the finance and pay Monrovia
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