Inner circles | Guinea
Junta leader Doumbouya keeps close eye on flourishing state-owned Soguipami

A bauxite factory at Kamsar in Guinea.
A bauxite factory at Kamsar in Guinea. © Georges GOBET/AFP
The revenues of the company that manages the state's mining interests have increased significantly, particularly in the bauxite sector, and it is now directly selling some of the minerals it extracts, in particular to the Chinese. But the ruling junta's growing control over the company is alarming international financial institutions. [...]
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