Kenya officials exhume man’s body to retrieve uniform

Image copyright The Standard Image caption The uniform was still in good condition Officials in western Kenya have exhumed the body of a local man to strip him of the uniform he was buried in, according to reports. Martin Shikuku Alukoye was buried in his full Kakamega County Youth Service uniform after drowning this month. […]

The children sent to a DR Congo ‘holiday camp’ never to come back

Image copyright Benoit De Freine Image caption Abdula Libenge holds a picture of his missing daughter A court in Belgium is investigating an orphanage for alleged abduction and trafficking of children from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Children were brought to Belgium and adopted by families who had been told they were orphans. Years later, […]

Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz to be tried over ‘Guinea bribes’

Image copyright Steinmetz Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz and two associates are to stand trial for allegedly bribing Guinean officials to win mining licences, Swiss prosecutors say. The trio allegedly paid $10m (£8.2m) to one of the wives of former Guinean President Lansana Conte. Mr Steinmetz and his mining company Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) have […]

The children sent to a DR Congo ‘holiday camp’ never to come back

Image copyright Benoit De Freine Image caption Abdula Libenge holds a picture of his missing daughter A court in Belgium is investigating an orphanage for alleged abduction and trafficking of children from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Children were brought to Belgium and adopted by families who had been told they were orphans. Years later, […]

Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz to be tried over ‘Guinea bribes’

Image copyright Steinmetz Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz and two associates are to stand trial for allegedly bribing Guinean officials to win mining licences, Swiss prosecutors say. The trio allegedly paid $10m (£8.2m) to one of the wives of former Guinean President Lansana Conte. Mr Steinmetz and his mining company Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) have […]

Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz to be tried over ‘Guinea bribes’

Image copyright Steinmetz Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz and two associates are to stand trial for allegedly bribing Guinean officials to win mining licences, Swiss prosecutors say. The trio allegedly paid $10m (£8.2m) to one of the wives of former Guinean President Lansana Conte. Mr Steinmetz and his mining company Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) have […]

Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz to be tried over ‘Guinea bribes’

Image copyright Steinmetz Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz and two associates are to stand trial for allegedly bribing Guinean officials to win mining licences, Swiss prosecutors say. The trio allegedly paid $10m (£8.2m) to one of the wives of former Guinean President Lansana Conte. Mr Steinmetz and his mining company Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) have […]

Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz to be tried over ‘Guinea bribes’

Image copyright Steinmetz Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz and two associates are to stand trial for allegedly bribing Guinean officials to win mining licences, Swiss prosecutors say. The trio allegedly paid $10m (£8.2m) to one of the wives of former Guinean President Lansana Conte. Mr Steinmetz and his mining company Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) have […]

Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz to be tried over ‘Guinea bribes’

Image copyright Steinmetz Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz and two associates are to stand trial for allegedly bribing Guinean officials to win mining licences, Swiss prosecutors say. The trio allegedly paid $10m (£8.2m) to one of the wives of former Guinean President Lansana Conte. Mr Steinmetz and his mining company Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) have […]

Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz to be tried over ‘Guinea bribes’

Image copyright Getty Images Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz and two associates are to stand trial for allegedly bribing Guinean officials to win mining licences, Swiss prosecutors say. The trio allegedly paid $10m (£8.2m) to one of the wives of former Guinean President Lansana Conte. Mr Steinmetz and his mining company Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) […]