Fishing and the offshore oil industry: A delicate imbalance

By Christiane Badgley

Fishing and the offshore oil industry in Ghana

Excerpts from this story referencing "Gulf of Guinea":

"… If there is a major oil spill off the coast of Ghana, or elsewhere in the Gulf of Guinea region, fishermen, buyers, fish smoking and reselling operations — a sig …"

Privatizing combat, the new world order

By Laura Peterson

In 1998, the U.S. had a military presence in a remote African war that drew little attention from the media

Excerpts from this story referencing "Gulf of Guinea":

"… uatorial Guinea, which the Pentagon memo referred to as the "Kuwait of the Gulf of Guinea."Soyster acknowledged that MPRI's applications for overseas export license …"

Greasing the skids of corruption

By Phillip van Niekerk and Laura Peterson

Money from multinational oil companies moves through labyrinths of international bank accounts, avoiding national budgets and banks

Excerpts from this story referencing "Brazzaville":

"… rican leaders. The beneficiaries included heads of state from Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Cameroon, Nigeria and Angola.Signature bonuses are lump sums companies pa …"

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The curious bonds of oil diplomacy

By Sunday Dare

U.S. oil firms had invested over $3 billion in Equatorial Guinea in 2002

Excerpts from this story referencing "Gulf of Guinea":

"… PRI representative as saying that Equatorial Guinea was "the Kuwait of the Gulf of Guinea" and, in a briefing paper three months later, advanced that characterizati …"

"…  the report recommended that Congress and the White House declare the Gulf of Guinea an "area of vital interest" to the United States – a designation never b …"

"… establish a U.S. military base in the area to guard oil facilities in the Gulf of Guinea. Fradique de Menezes, the president of nearby Sao Tome and Principe, annou …"

Nigeria

By Victoria Kreha

Nigeria has the third-highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS in the world, behind India and South Africa

Excerpts from this story referencing "Gulf of Guinea":

"… R), Nigeria borders Benin, Niger, Chad and Cameroon and has a coast on the Gulf of Guinea.Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, comprising one-sixth of th …"

West Africa oil boom overlooks tattered environmental safety net

By Christiane Badgley

Industry regulation and disaster plans missing as Ghana ramps up production

Excerpts from this story referencing "Gulf of Guinea":

"… s slipping down the same unregulated slope as other countries that hug the Gulf of Guinea: Promises of economic development along with a lure of easy money have pro …"

"… Africa and met with a number of African heads of state. Exploration in the Gulf of Guinea was pushed by rising oil prices and advances in deep-water drilling techno …"

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Weekly Watchdog 1/26/12

1/25 watchdog

Excerpts from this story referencing "Gulf of Guinea":

"… s slipping down the same unregulated slope as other countries that hug the Gulf of Guinea: Promises of economic development along with a lure of easy money have pro …"