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UAE ‘used Russian mercenary group to arm Sudan rebels’

14 September 2024

UAE ‘used Russian mercenary group to arm Sudan rebels’

Wagner, renamed Africa Corps after the death of its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin last year, ‘shipped arms from Dubai’ to militants accused of war crimes in Darfur

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Scramble for Africa

29 November 2023

Scramble for Africa

An Emirati sheikh and an Italian fugitive are hoovering up land for an ambitious carbon offsetting project that critics say will make the climate crisis worse

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‘This is plunder’: Illegal quarries threaten one of Africa’s fastest vanishing forests

31 May 2023

‘This is plunder’: Illegal quarries threaten one of Africa’s fastest vanishing forests

Sierra Leone is on the climate change frontline. Its defences are on sale to the highest bidder

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BP’s latest dirty secret? An oil terminal polluting the Red Sea for decades

16 November 2022

BP’s latest dirty secret? An oil terminal polluting the Red Sea for decades

Just across the water from the COP27 summit, a plant recently owned by BP is pumping contaminated water into the ocean—and has been doing so for decades

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London is a battleground for Nigeria’s looted oil millions

8 February 2022

London is a battleground for Nigeria’s looted oil millions

Fortunes stolen by military dictator Sani Abacha are now being fought over in UK courts

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Kazakh leader’s grandson was mystery client at collapsed ‘golden visa’ firm

21 January 2022

Kazakh leader’s grandson was mystery client at collapsed ‘golden visa’ firm

Dolfin Financial went bust after being accused of misleading regulators over its ties with Nurali Aliyev, an oligarch with luxury property in London

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Revealed: The fossil fuel projects in line for UK support despite ban

7 February 2021

Revealed: The fossil fuel projects in line for UK support despite ban

Offshore oil drilling in Brazil, a gas pipeline in Turkmenistan and power stations in Iraq among the projects that could still be approved

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Dirty white elephants

4 February 2021

Dirty white elephants

Incinerators were supposed to solve the UK’s waste crisis. Are they making it worse?

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