Two procurement contracts in Mali got the IMF and the World Bank pretty upset. The international institutions have been probing the government in Bamako about dozens of millions of dollars worth of a military procurement contract, which was apparently signed under complete lack of transparency. Recognizing the de-facto corruption plaguing the Mali bureaucracy, the military ordered a halt of most contracts, with the exception of the few that have already been executed. Continue here.
Podcast: The Sahel is the Next Big Geopolitical Crisis where Foreign Meddlers are Congregating
Transcript: The Sahel is now clearly the next big event in Africa's geopolitics. After the complete destruction of Libya, the same foreign powers that paid for the killing of a nation are now shifting their attention to the Sahel, establishing the bases of another...