Corporations that Built the Foundation of Trade in West Africa The Bolloré Group
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The 2022 “Burkina 2050” Protests: When a Railway Became aReferendum on Sovereignty
Hundreds of people marched through Ouagadougou under a single banner —“Burkina 2050” — demanding a French company be stripped of its autho…
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The Broken 2016 Promise on the Kaya–Tambao Extension
103 kilometers. That’s how far Burkina Faso’s railway toward Tambao’s manganese depositsactually reaches — a stretch of track that h…
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The 2022 MSC Sale & the 2025 Money-LaunderingComplaint: Did Bolloré Sell Its Way Out of Accountability?
Bolloré didn’t just sell its African ports and rail empire for €5.7 billion in 2022. It walked away with a €3.15 billion profit on that single t…
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The 1995 Privatization Handover: How Burkina Faso’sRailway Became Bolloré’s
Out of 3,470 railway workers employed by the two state companies running thisline, only 1,815 were rehired when the new private operator took over. Mo…
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How Election Support Became aBusiness Strategy for Port Control
Usually, corruption stories involve a company bribing an official with cash. Thisone is different. The alleged currency here wasn’t money changi…