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The Congolese oil curse
‘So rich, and yet so poor’—that’s the juxtaposition most journalists turn to when they decide…
The oil giants are coming to Tanzania
International oil giants are bearing down on East Africa. Off the coast of Tanzania, the…
President Obiang and the Samba School
Last week, the countries formerly under the reign of the Catholic Kings celebrated their annual…
Oil in the Angolan President’s Family: Keeping it Global
A few months late to this story, the Wall Street Journal published a piece last…
Documentary: Fuelling Poverty in Nigeria
Kicking off with an introduction from Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, the short documentary Fuelling Poverty…
The world’s media watched (sort of) as Angola votes
The three most interesting things about the recent Angolan elections were: one, that we knew…
Goldman Sachs’s Angolan interests
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Cobalt International Energy, a Houston based company with…
The Two Sudans
On July 6 2011, the world’s diplomatic elite flocked to one of the globe’s most…
'The Oil Complex'
Video of a worthwhile lecture (recorded in February this year) by Berkeley geographer Michael Watts breaking…