Two articles this week focus on the West African country of Guinea, especially on the fight to control its natural resources. Guinea’s first democratically elected president faces an uphill battle in control over the country’s mineral wealth, the security sector, and political protests.
“In Mineral-Rich Guinea, Can Reform Leader Keep It Together?”
By Peter Tinti for the Christian Science Monitor
“Buried Secrets: How an Israeli billionaire wrested control of one of Africa’s biggest prizes”
By Patrick Radden Keefe for The New Yorker