A new tax haven created by Ghana could attract tax dodgers and drug traders seeking to launder money unless safeguards are introduced, warns a report launched today in Accra. The report, Taxation and Development in Ghana, co-funded by Christian Aid...

The World Bank unveiled its $215 million Central African Backbone programme on Tuesday, to bring reliable, high-speed, low-cost internet access to the region for the first time. Despite being the fastest-growing telecoms market in the world, Africa's...

This segment is part of a special report, hard hitting and informative this is investagative reporting at its very best. Part 1 Double assassination I was drinking a coffee at Baiana when the Afropop music played by the local radio suddenly stopped. A...

Part 2 A bomb, private jets and cocaine A confidential source close to the Interpol, who spoke in condition of anonymity, tells me that a private jet arrived in Bissau on Thursday, February 26, three days before the assassination of army chief Tagme Na...

Part 3                                                                                                                  Hezbollah, al Qaida and the Lebanese connection The nightlife in Bissau is usually so boring that sleeping is probably more...