Africa is stepping up efforts to fight transnational organised crime, with a spotlight on migrant smuggling, human trafficking, and contemporary forms of slavery. The continent-wide initiative was the focus of a high-level dialogue hosted at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre in Bijilo, The Gambia. The one-day event,[Read More…]
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Woodside Energy Files Arbitration Proceedings Against Senegal
Australia’s Woodside Energy (WDS.AX), opens new tab, which operates Senegal’s Sangomar oil and gas field, has filed a complaint with the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes against the West African country over taxes, a spokesperson for the company said on Monday. The complaint filed on May 30[Read More…]
Former Senegal Minister Charged Over Covid Fund Fraud
A special court in Senegal on Monday formally charged a former government minister with embezzling Covid funds, a source close to the case told AFP. Salimata Diop, who was the minister for women under ex-president Macky Sall, is one of five former ministers facing allegation of corruption including the misuse[Read More…]
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