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Photo: Strong Cameroonian nature wins over technology by Ralf Steinbergen/Flickr

Cameroon | The invisible trees of Bamenda

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By Chief Bisong Etahoben
Investigations
19 June 2017

“There were trees there,” says Patience Ndifor of the Society for Initiatives in Rural Development and Environmental Protection (SIRDEP) which receives funding from Germany, over the phone.

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Photo: "They came, they made a movie, they left some latrines," by Stefan Magdalinski/Flickr

Kenya | Gentrifying Kibera

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By Ken Opala
Investigations
19 June 2017

They had come, way back in the year 2000, to promise Lucianna Wanjiku, 58, that her mud shack in Soweto settlement in Kibera, Nairobi, -often called ‘the greatest slum on earth- would be rehabilitated.

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Sans titre. Photo:  Maxence/Flickr

The Omerta of Ivory Coast

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By Selay Kouassi
Investigations
19 June 2017

“You won’t find anyone talking to you about these programmes,” says Amadi Sidiné, whose shop alongside the main road in Duékoué, among the street’s many vegetable stalls, sells everything from cans of tomatoes to light bulbs.

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Photo: Mike Rosenberg/Flickr

DRC | Funding exploitation

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By Francis Mbala and Eric Mwamba
Investigations
19 June 2017

The World Bank in the DRC.

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How aid helps the rich get richer

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By Benon Herbert Oluka, Chief Bisong Etahoben, Francis Mbala, Eric Mwamba, Selay Kouassi, Ken Opala
Investigations
19 June 2017

“I won’t complain. They can kill my children with witchcraft.”

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2017 Transnational Investigation “How aid helps the rich get richer:” How we did it

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By ZAM
Investigations
19 June 2017

African investigative journalists and development aid workers from the West who work on the continent are strange bedfellows.

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Photo: Estacio Valoi

Friends with the General

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By Evelyn Groenink
Investigations
14 September 2016

How a British multinational became an apologist for a murderous regime.

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Nigeria | Ahmad Salkida Arrested

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By Evelyn Groenink
Investigations
06 September 2016

Journalist and peace activist Ahmad Salkida has been arrested in Nigeria. He had flown there from exile in Dubai to share information on Boko Haram with the authorities.

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Nigeria | Journalist and peace maker under fire

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By Evelyn Groenink
Investigations
18 August 2016

Journalist and peace activist Ahmad Salkida has been arrested in Nigeria.

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The Uneasy Truths Project

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By Evelyn Groenink
Investigations
18 May 2016

The six cross-border investigations done by AIPC-ZAM teams ​shatter some dominant narratives.

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The Demonic Universe

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By Anneke Verbraeken, Chief Bisong Etahoben, Fidelis MacLeva and Alberique Houndjo
Investigations
28 April 2016

Witches are real. They exercise political power in West African societies.

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The Ruby Plunder Dialogues

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By Evelyn Groenink
Investigations
28 April 2016

The ruby company writes to ZAM about ‘gross distortions’ in our story about mining in Montepuez. ZAM responds.

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Mining Company Annotates ‘Ruby Plunder’

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By Evelyn Groenink
Investigations
15 April 2016

After the publication of our fifth AIPC-ZAM investigation, titled ‘The Ruby Plunder Wars of Montepuez,’ ZAM received correspondence from Mr Brian Cattell, a consultant for Gemfields, which –as majority partner in the Montepuez Ruby Mining company- features prominently in the story.

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Ghana’s Batman

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By Evelyn Groenink
Investigations
12 April 2016

After his last undercover investigation, Ghana’s judicial authority sacked twenty-one judges and nineteen judicial service workers. A portrait of Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

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The Good Civil Servants

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By Anas Aremeyaw Anas, Theophilus Abbah and Benon Herbert Oluka
Investigations
05 April 2016

Conscientious officials and their fight against corruption.

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Praise for Investigations

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By ZAM reporter
Investigations
31 March 2016

The African Investigative Publishing Collective and ZAM’s first two investigations -on failing malaria aid and the ‘war on terror’- were met with interest worldwide. 

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Military Millionaires

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By Tshireletso Motlogelwa and Matteo Civillini
Investigations
31 March 2016

Presidential arms dealers and securocrats rule Africa’s ‘success story.’

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Sundial. Photo taken at Kikambala, Coast, Kenya. Credit: Angelo Juan Ramos (Flickr)

The Siren Call

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By David Dembele, Hamza Idris, Muno Gedi, Bram Posthumus and Kenya correspondent
Investigations
22 March 2016

Let down by ruling elites, it is difficult for youth in East and West Africa to withstand the ‘siren call’ of jihadi movements.

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The Ruby Plunder Wars of Montepuez

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By Estacio Valoi (Mozambique) and Gesbeen Mohammad (UK)
Investigations
15 March 2016

How villagers fight a mining pact from hell in the world’s richest ruby deposit.

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Feeding the Parasites

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By Zack Ohemeng Tawiah (Ghana) and Francis Mbala (DRC), with contributions from Janneke Donkerlo (Amsterdam, Geneva) and Erick Kabendera (Dar es Salaam)
Investigations
15 March 2016

How donor campaigns are setting the fight against malaria back.

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The Making of Uneasy Truths

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By Evelyn Groenink
Investigations
15 March 2016

Seven teams of African journalists and Western colleagues unearthed hidden truths in the 2015 AIPC-ZAM investigations.

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The 2015 AIPC-ZAM Investigations

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By ZAM Reporter
Investigations
15 March 2016

AIPC and ZAM launch seven transnational investigations.

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Machineguns in the Mist

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By Eric Mwamba
Investigations
18 November 2014

DR Congo | The ‘Virunga’ movie shows the rangers of the gorilla reserve in the DRC as heroes. The real picture is far more complex.

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Safe from Kony, sick from the Camps

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By Barbara Among
Investigations
25 June 2014
  • Uganda

A mysterious new illness affects children in Uganda's refugee camps.

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The Rise of the Big Men

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By Nnamdi Onyeuma
Investigations
25 June 2014

Nigeria | Investigation in Niger Delta reveals the businessmen behind the kidnappings.

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