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Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima-Equatorial Guinea. Photo: Supplied
GABRIEL MBAGA OBIANG LIMA

Bogus copyright complaints seek to remove negative reports on minister and lawyer

A Mail & Guardian article was one of the earliest examples of articles that have been attacked

  • Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
3 min read
Iron grip: President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been in power for 36 years
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Congo-Brazzaville’s repressive government buys secret weapons haul from Azerbaijan

For several years, the Republic of the Congo has been quietly buying an arsenal from Azerbaijan, with the latest cache arriving before next month’s election

  • Khadija Sharife
  • The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
  • Mark Anderson
9 min read
A soldier of the United Nations Operation in Ivory Coast (ONUCI) check weapons seized during the post-election political crisis in Ivory Coast at the military base in Abidjan, on July 12, 2012. The Ivorian government launched a new census of ex-combatants involved in the deadly post-election crisis of 2010-2011 and Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara promised to reform the army and to tackle the problem of ex-fighters, many of whom kept weapons. AFP PHOTO/ SIA KAMBOU (Photo by SIA KAMBOU / AFP)
ADAMA TOUNGARA

The European companies that armed the Ivorian civil war

AN OCCRP investigation reveals that Gunvor and Semlex brokered weapons-for-oil deals in early 2011 when Côte d’Ivoire was in crisis, despite a UN arms embargo

  • Khadija Sharife
  • Mark Anderson
  • Sana Sbouai
  • Mathieu Olivier
14 min read