Spotlight GUINEA Issue dated 17/05/2016

Ibrahima Kassory Fofana manouvres to steal minister’s thunder

With mining companies increasingly reducing their footprint in Guinea - Rio Tinto plans to lay off dozens of local workers over the coming six weeks - the man in charge of investment on the president’s staff, Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, has [...] (535 words)

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