Spotlight | Guinea
Mining Firms Take over from World Bank

Guinea’s government finds itself in a fix. Its coffers are empty and the World Bank won’t lend it another dime until it takes measures to improve democratic rule. On Aug. 20, president Lansana Conte signed a decree lifting government controls [...]
Published on 21.09.2005 at 13:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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