How Allies of South Africa’s Infamous Gupta Family Gamed the Country’s Diamond Trade
South Africa’s Gupta family is the subject of a sprawling commission that’s probing years of theft of state resources. An...
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South Africa Arrests “World’s Most Wanted” Rhino Horn Poachers
A rumored aphrodisiac. A cure for cancer and hangovers. A symbol of status and wealth. This is the value and function of...
Pegasus Spyware: Israeli Task Force will Oversee Response to NSO Group Findings
Israel’s government is setting up a task force to decide whether the country’s policy on cyber exports is in need of an...
Ex South African President Jacob Zuma Begins his Jail Sentence
Forty minutes before midnight on Wednesday, the former President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, handed himself in to police...
Jacob Zuma Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison
South Africa’s Constitutional Court ordered Jacob Zuma, the country’s former president, to turn himself in to authorities by...
Report: In Zimbabwe, Corrupt Actors Benefit from Illegal Gold Mining
The very people tasked with clamping down on and regulating Zimbabwe’s illegal gold industry are some of its biggest...
Fishing with Dynamite: The Secret Scheme That Helped Namibia’s President Stay in Power
Facing a key party congress, top officials in Namibia’s ruling party allegedly skimmed money from a lucrative fishing deal...
British American Tobacco Fights Dirty In West Africa
Learn how smuggled Dunhill cigarettes are financing jihadists linked to the Islamic State group and al-Qaida in West...
GROUP AMERICA: A US-Serbian Drug Gang With Friends In The Shadows
The Hardest-Working Drug Gang You’ve Never Heard of
On a cold winter day in Gdansk, Zoran Jakšić scrambled to fix a problem not of his making.
The State Capture Papers
Money for Nothing: South Africa Paid a Firm Millions for Pretending to Manage Its Properties
Leaked emails shed new light on how an investment company at the center of South Africa’s state capture scandal earned...
How South Africa’s Black Economic Empowerment Initiative Empowered the Powerful
Investors pulled billions of rand out of public companies under the guise of a government program meant to address the...
Down the Guptas' Financial Rabbit Hole
The controversial Gupta family is known for making millions from the South African government — including $41 million from...