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Spotlight | Africa
Transparency the New Buzz-Word

From a marginal debate a few years ago, the issue of transparency regarding oil revenue has marched to center-stage and forced African nations to give guarantees of good faith on the question. [...]

Published on 07.04.2004 at 10:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Spotlight | Africa
Majors Seek Political Guarantees

Increasingly called upon to share revenue from their operations, oil companies working in Africa are resorting to establishing partnerships

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Spotlight | Africa
Dr. Total and Mr. Elf

When he presented his group's results for 2002 last week, TotalFinaElf boss Thierry Desmaret said his company would be re-named Total in May. The announcement came as the ?Elf scandal,? which kept the French financial police busy over the past [.

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Spotlight | Sao Tome and Principe
Menezes' Advisers and Friends

In his standoff with Nigeria concerning the share-out of revenue from their joint offshore acreage, Sao Tome president Fradrique Menezes could appear isolated in the face of Nigeria's powerful oil circles. But after tearing up the treaty that linked the [.

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Spotlight | Africa, United States
TIME FOR TRANSPARENCY

In denouncing the secretive practices of the oil industry in its report "A Crude Awakening" (AEM 265), Global Witness has undoubtedly put paid to the impression created by its previous report on diamonds that it was banging away exclusively at [.

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DRAFTING AN OIL POLICY?

A closed-door meeting in Washington just before New Years gave rise to what could appear as an American effort to [...]

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Angola Turning Over New Leaf

Spotlight | Africa
Majors Seek Political Guarantees

Spotlight | Africa
Dr. Total and Mr. Elf

Spotlight | Sao Tome and Principe
Menezes' Advisers and Friends

Spotlight | Africa, United States
TIME FOR TRANSPARENCY

Africa, United States
DRAFTING AN OIL POLICY?

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Africa, United States The majors’ "Mr Africa"

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Spotlight | Africa Majors Seek Political Guarantees

Spotlight | Africa Dr. Total and Mr. Elf

Spotlight | Sao Tome and Principe Menezes' Advisers and Friends

Spotlight | Africa, United States TIME FOR TRANSPARENCY

Africa, United States DRAFTING AN OIL POLICY?

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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Spotlight | Africa
Transparency the New Buzz-Word

Africa, United States
The majors’ "Mr Africa"

Angola
Angola Turning Over New Leaf

Spotlight | Africa
Majors Seek Political Guarantees

Spotlight | Africa
Dr. Total and Mr. Elf

Spotlight | Sao Tome and Principe
Menezes' Advisers and Friends

Spotlight | Africa, United States
TIME FOR TRANSPARENCY

Africa, United States
DRAFTING AN OIL POLICY?