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Public Procurement Concession Commission head killed
Keith Jubah, the guy responsible for awarding contracts to exploit natural resources in Liberia, was killed last night. (h/t to Glenna Gordon.) From the BBC: Keith Jubah was shot repeatedly on Sunday...
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Liberia gossip
This African Confidential article on Liberian politics is the Page Six of Liberian gossip. Or to mix metaphors, Harry Potter for Liberiaphiles. (h/t to Jairo) Unity insiders say US diplomats had told...
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Indian mining firms in West Africa
The latest issue of Africa-Asia Confidential (published by the same group as Africa Confidential, focusing on political and economic relations between Africa and Asia) has a [gated] article on Indian...
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On land and executive dominance in Liberia, and Global Witness awesomeness
Last week Global Witness, the Save My Future Foundation, and Sustainable Development Institute released a report on how foreign companies in Liberia are using Private Use Permits to clear forests...
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Charles Taylor and Firestone
The part of the PBS/ProPublic documentary Charles Taylor and Firestone that was really shocking was the extent to which Firestone supported Taylor in the early 1990s. They could not operate without his...
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