Is Barrick Gold’s Loulo-Gounkoto truce a strategic blunder for Mali’s mining future

A truce built on silence: what is Barrick Gold really hiding at Loulo-Gounkoto? The suspension of the strike notice at the Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex conceals a financial pact of a…

What does the silence over Moussa Kaka’s disappearance in Niger really cost?

When a journalist vanishes, the first question is always the same: why has nobody spoken up? In Niger, Moussa Kaka has been missing since 31 August, and the absence of…