Nigeria: Pfizer 'probed Nigerian official'
US drugmaker Pfizer hired investigators to find evidence of corruption against the then Nigerian attorney-general to convince him to drop legal action against the company over a drug trial, the UK's...
View ArticleNigeria: Shell's grip on Nigerian state revealed
US embassy cables have revealed a top executive's claims that Shell 'knows everything' about key decisions in government ministries. The oil giant Shell claimed it had inserted staff into all the main ...
View ArticleAfrica: Algeria, Mali distrust over al Qaeda fight
The government of Mali is seen as the largest obstacle to conduct an effective fight against Al Qaeda groups in the Sahara desert. Distrust between Algeria and Mali further hinder cooperation....
View ArticleMozambique: US concerned Mozambique becoming drug hub
The United States is concerned that Mozambique could become a narco-state because of close ties between drug smugglers and the southeastern African nation's government, according to US Embassy cables...
View ArticleAfrica: Pro-WikiLeaks hackers attack Zimbabwe government websites
Hacktivists have struck a blow against the regime in Zimbabwe by attacking a number of government websites. The cyber-assault appears to have been in support of newspapers who published secret cables...
View ArticleZimbabwe: How Mugabe views Zuma
The latest release from the whistleblower website WikiLeaks says President Robert Mugabe regards SADC facilitator to the Zimbabwe crisis South African President Jacob Zuma as a 'man of the people who...
View ArticleTanzania: WikiLeaks shows fight to stop aircraft sale
Wikileaks has revealed diplomatic cables complaining of favouritism and suspicion of corruption in the manner Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) went about shopping for jetliners for its ageing fleet...
View ArticleTunisia: US knew of corruption
A four-part series of US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks shows that the US knew about the extent of corruption and discontent in Tunisia, and chose to support Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the now...
View ArticleMozambique: Drugs and open secrets 'wikileaked'
The first Wikileaks cables from the US Embassy in Maputo revived the discussion on narcotics smuggling that had happened in mid 2010, reports Global Voices. Back then, the US Treasury added Mozambican...
View ArticleTanzania: Airline deal saga deepens
Air Tanzania managing director, Mr David Mattaka, allegedly proposed the use of an 'agent' to push for a multi-billion shillings fleet modernisation deal with American plane maker – Boeing. The claim,...
View ArticleTunisia: Little faith in Tunisian opposition
A US Embassy cable from 2006 discussed the possible replacement of Tunisia's Dictator Zine El-Abedine Ben Ali. It left little faith in the opposition but in many ways foresaw PM Mohammed Ghannouchi's...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Mbeki's policy for COPE
Former president Thabo Mbeki's office has refused to say whether he helped draft a key policy document for the Congress of the People, insisting that the ousted head of state was still a member of the...
View ArticleAfrica: Africa Offers Easy Uranium
Wikileaks cables have revealed a disturbing development in the African uranium mining industry: abysmal safety and security standards in the mines, nuclear research centres, and border customs are...
View ArticleGabon: Bongo pocketed millions in embezzled funds
Gabon’s late president Omar Bongo allegedly pocketed millions in embezzled funds from central African states, channelling some of it to French political parties in support of Nicolas Sarkozy, according...
View ArticleZimbabwe: AG probing Tsvangirai over WikiLeaks disclosures
The attorney general in Zimbabwe has set up a team of lawyers to investigate whether Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai can be charged with treason or conspiracy related to revelations by the website...
View ArticleTunisia: US ignored Tunisian corruption
The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten released a series of US diplomatic cables from 2006 on massive and pervasive corruption and nepotism in Tunisia and its effect on economic development and social...
View ArticleEgypt: WikiLeaks cables show close US relationship with Egyptian president
Secret US embassy cables sent from Cairo in the past two years reveal that the Obama administration wanted to maintain a close political and military relationship with the Egyptian president, Hosni...
View ArticleEgypt: US officials backed rebels planning Egyptian uprising in 2008, says...
Even as they were officially supporting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, American officials were secretly helping dissidents interested in using social media to overthrow his regime, a secret dispatch...
View ArticleSouth Africa: WikiLeaks exposes SA spy boss
An explosive WikiLeaks cable claims that spy boss and President Jacob Zuma confidante Mo Shaik threatened to expose the 'political skeletons' of Zuma’s enemies and reveals that he was cultivated by the...
View ArticleSudan: AU chief privately critical of Sudan’s inaction on Darfur justice
The African Union commission chairman Jean Ping has been unhappy about Sudan’s lack of progress on handing justice for victims of alleged war crimes committed in Darfur, according to a classified U.S....
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