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WikiLeaks and Africa
RSS FeedSudan: AU chief privately critical of Sudan’s inaction on Darfur justice
2011-02-07, Issue 515
The African Union commission chairman Jean Ping has been unhappy about Sudan’s lack of progress on handing justice for victims of alleged war crimes committed in Darfur, according to a classified U.S. document obtained by the anti-secrecy group WikiL...
South Africa: WikiLeaks exposes SA spy boss
2011-01-25, Issue 514
An explosive WikiLeaks cable claims that spy boss and President Jacob Zuma confidante Mo Shaik threatened to expose the 'political skeletons' of Zuma’s enemies and reveals that he was cultivated by the Americans as a key informant within the Zuma cam...
Egypt: US officials backed rebels planning Egyptian uprising in 2008, says WikiLeaks
2011-01-31, Issue 514
Even as they were officially supporting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, American officials were secretly helping dissidents interested in using social media to overthrow his regime, a secret dispatch from the US embassy in Cairo has revealed. The c...
Egypt: WikiLeaks cables show close US relationship with Egyptian president
2011-01-31, Issue 514
Secret US embassy cables sent from Cairo in the past two years reveal that the Obama administration wanted to maintain a close political and military relationship with the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, who is now facing a popular uprising. A fra...
Tunisia: US ignored Tunisian corruption
2011-01-19, Issue 513
The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten released a series of US diplomatic cables from 2006 on massive and pervasive corruption and nepotism in Tunisia and its effect on economic development and social problems. The cables show that the United States gov...
Zimbabwe: AG probing Tsvangirai over WikiLeaks disclosures
2011-01-19, Issue 513
The attorney general in Zimbabwe has set up a team of lawyers to investigate whether Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai can be charged with treason or conspiracy related to revelations by the website WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks published US cables saying Tsva...
Gabon: Bongo pocketed millions in embezzled funds
2011-01-19, Issue 513
Gabon’s late president Omar Bongo allegedly pocketed millions in embezzled funds from central African states, channelling some of it to French political parties in support of Nicolas Sarkozy, according to a US embassy cable published by El PaÃs....
Africa: Africa Offers Easy Uranium
2011-01-19, Issue 513
Wikileaks cables have revealed a disturbing development in the African uranium mining industry: abysmal safety and security standards in the mines, nuclear research centres, and border customs are enabling international companies to exploit the mines...
South Africa: Mbeki's policy for COPE
2011-01-19, Issue 513
Former president Thabo Mbeki's office has refused to say whether he helped draft a key policy document for the Congress of the People, insisting that the ousted head of state was still a member of the ANC. According to a US diplomatic report leaked t...
Tunisia: Little faith in Tunisian opposition
2011-01-19, Issue 513
A US Embassy cable from 2006 discussed the possible replacement of Tunisia's Dictator Zine El-Abedine Ben Ali. It left little faith in the opposition but in many ways foresaw PM Mohammed Ghannouchi's attempt to consolidate the ruling party's power an...
Tanzania: Airline deal saga deepens
2011-01-11, Issue 512
Air Tanzania managing director, Mr David Mattaka, allegedly proposed the use of an 'agent' to push for a multi-billion shillings fleet modernisation deal with American plane maker – Boeing. The claim, in a confidential diplomatic communication from t...
Mozambique: Drugs and open secrets 'wikileaked'
2011-01-17, Issue 512
The first Wikileaks cables from the US Embassy in Maputo revived the discussion on narcotics smuggling that had happened in mid 2010, reports Global Voices. Back then, the US Treasury added Mozambican businessman Mohamed Bachir Suleman to its list of...
Tunisia: US knew of corruption
2011-01-17, Issue 512
A four-part series of US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks shows that the US knew about the extent of corruption and discontent in Tunisia, and chose to support Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the now deposed Tunisian president, regardless. Written in...
Tanzania: WikiLeaks shows fight to stop aircraft sale
2011-01-04, Issue 511
Wikileaks has revealed diplomatic cables complaining of favouritism and suspicion of corruption in the manner Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) went about shopping for jetliners for its ageing fleet four years ago. The newspaper report titled: 'Dip...
Zimbabwe: How Mugabe views Zuma
2011-01-06, Issue 511
The latest release from the whistleblower website WikiLeaks says President Robert Mugabe regards SADC facilitator to the Zimbabwe crisis South African President Jacob Zuma as a 'man of the people who likes to make promises without necessarily knowing...
Africa: Pro-WikiLeaks hackers attack Zimbabwe government websites
2011-01-10, Issue 511
Hacktivists have struck a blow against the regime in Zimbabwe by attacking a number of government websites. The cyber-assault appears to have been in support of newspapers who published secret cables in the ongoing WikiLeaks saga, to the annoyance of...
Mozambique: US concerned Mozambique becoming drug hub
2010-12-14, Issue 510
The United States is concerned that Mozambique could become a narco-state because of close ties between drug smugglers and the southeastern African nation's government, according to US Embassy cables released by WikiLeaks. The four cables released th...
Africa: Algeria, Mali distrust over al Qaeda fight
2010-12-14, Issue 510
The government of Mali is seen as the largest obstacle to conduct an effective fight against Al Qaeda groups in the Sahara desert. Distrust between Algeria and Mali further hinder cooperation. Diplomatic cables from several US embassies, published by...
Nigeria: Shell's grip on Nigerian state revealed
2010-12-14, Issue 510
US embassy cables have revealed a top executive's claims that Shell 'knows everything' about key decisions in government ministries. The oil giant Shell claimed it had inserted staff into all the main ...
Nigeria: Pfizer 'probed Nigerian official'
2010-12-14, Issue 510
US drugmaker Pfizer hired investigators to find evidence of corruption against the then Nigerian attorney-general to convince him to drop legal action against the company over a drug trial, the UK's Guardian newspaper has reported, citing leaked US d...
Global: WikiLeaks cables expose US use of espionage before the 2009 Copenhagen summit
2010-12-15, Issue 510
Hidden behind the save-the-world rhetoric of the global climate change negotiations lies the mucky realpolitik: money and threats buy political support; spying and cyberwarfare are used to seek out leverage. The US diplomatic cables reveal how the US...
Africa: Africa Focus highlights WikiLeaks
2010-12-15, Issue 510
It should be no surprise to anyone that South African diplomats been been frustrated both with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, or that Kenya and the United States have enjoyed close military to military t...
Sudan: President 'siphoned off millions' - ICC
2010-12-20, Issue 510
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has been accused of siphoning off up to $9bn (£5.6bn; 7bn euros) of his country's funds by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Luis Moreno Ocampo told the BBC that President Bashir had hid...
Tunisia: Censorship continues as Wikileaks cables make the rounds
2010-12-20, Issue 510
Tunisian activists pounced on the latest Wikileaks US Embassy Cables, dedicating a new website to republish and discuss the revelations related to their country, reports Global Voices. Tunileaks, was launched by Nawaat one hour after the whistle-blow...
Western Sahara: Wikileaks revelations spark comments
2010-12-20, Issue 510
Reactions to the diplomatic cables released by the whistleblower website Wikileaks continue to flourish all over the blogosphere. Revelations concerning the conflict over Western Sahara have sparked a few comments. Ali Amar is a Moroccan journalist. ...
Zimbabwe: Zim paper gets more Wikileaks lawsuits
2010-12-20, Issue 510
Zimbabwe's Central Bank governor Gideon Gono Saturday filed a US$ 12.5 million lawsuit against a private newspaper, which implicated him in diamond smuggling, citing Wikileaks cables. The lawsuit is the second in the week against the Standard newspap...
Sierra Leone: WikiLeaks cables reveal US concerns over timing of Charles Taylor trial
2010-12-20, Issue 510
Judges in one of the world's most controversial war crimes trials have been deliberately slowing down proceedings, senior US officials believe, causing significant delays to proceedings. Secret cables reveal US doubts about the trial in The Hague of ...
Mauritius: British envoy summoned over Chagos
2010-12-20, Issue 510
Mauritius plans to summon Britain's top diplomat in the country after a leaked US cable suggested a new marine park around the disputed Chagos islands was a ploy to stop uprooted islanders returning home. Mauritius' Foreign Affairs Minister Arvin Boo...
Tanzania: Tanzania official investigating BAE ‘fears for his life’
2010-12-20, Issue 510
The Tanzanian prosecutor investigating worldwide misconduct by BAE, Britain’s biggest arms company, confided to US diplomats that 'his life may be in danger' and senior politicians in his small African country were 'untouchable'. A leaked account of ...
Egypt: Mubarak turned down nuclear weapons
2010-12-20, Issue 510
Egypt was offered nuclear weapons, material and expertise on the black market after the collapse of the Soviet Union, according to a senior Egyptian diplomat. President Hosni Mubarak turned down the offer, but the incident raises new questions over w...
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