Africa Investigates

Africa Investigates, Ep. 6: In Nigeria, An Oil Mogul's Offshore Hideaways

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Notorious Nigerian oil mogul and playboy Kolawole Aluko is one of the "Minister’s Men," named in the Panama Papers leak as the owner of several offshore assets in the British Virgin Islands. On the latest episode of Africa Investigates, the lead investigator on the case, Will Fitzgibbon of the International…

7 Sep 2016 21 min

Africa Investigates, Ep. 5: Double Offshoring

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Thanks to the country’s oil and gas industries, Nigeria is now Africa’s largest economy. It is also one of the top 10 sources of illicit financial flows throughout the continent, losing billions over the last decade to “double offshoring” tax evasion schemes, established by international banks, the fossil fuel industry,…

12 Jul 2016 29 min

Africa Investigates, Ep. 4: Corruption Costs Lives

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When Ebola struck the Jawei Chiefdom in the Kailahun district of Sierra Leone, Paramount Chief Musa Kallon left no stone unturned in his efforts to rid Jawei of the disease. Journalist Silas Gbandia appears on today’s episode of Africa Investigates to detail what made Musa Kallon and Jawei rise above…

22 Feb 2016 9 min

Africa Investigates, Ep. 3: "Fatal Extraction" Part II

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On the latest episode of Africa Investigates, Chris Roper delves further into a joint investigation by the African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists into the misconduct of Australian mining companies operating in 13 African countries. Prosecutorial editor Heinrich Bohmke explains how he…

12 Jan 2016 24 min

Africa Investigates, Ep. 2: "Fatal Extraction"

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Australian politicians and business leaders have regularly claimed that their country’s reputation in African mining is untarnished. On a new episode of Africa Investigates, host Chris Roper speaks with two journalists behind a transnational report exposing the misconduct of Australian mining companies that led to the deaths of 380 people…

1 Dec 2015 22 min

Africa Investigates, Ep. 1: "Evicted and Abandoned"

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Since 2004, World Bank-financed projects have physically or economically displaced an estimated 3.4 million people — forcing them from their homes, taking some or all of their land, and damaging their livelihoods. On the inaugural episode of the Africa Investigates podcast, host Chris Roper speaks with three of the 50…

12 Oct 2015 27 min