Tag Archives: economy

Who’s getting Mali’s gold?

Posted on August 8, 2022 by brucewhitehouse

For the past few years, Mali’s industrial gold production (as reported by the Malian government in various press outlets) has been trending upward: This is surely good news: add rising production levels to the climbing value of gold on world … Continue reading →

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How to get filthy rich in sinking Africa

Posted on October 19, 2015 by brucewhitehouse

When a government gets serious about fighting corruption, certain effects quickly become visible. As a New York Times article showed last week in the case of Nigeria, once President Buhari’s crackdown got underway a few months ago, the people who’d … Continue reading →

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90 days of disaster

Posted on June 21, 2012 by brucewhitehouse

Several weeks ago I had an e-mail exchange with an acquaintance about events in Mali. I was uneasy about the way the military had suspended the country’s existing political institutions. I wrote, “the junta’s repeated attempts to ‘push the reset … Continue reading →

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Bamako, 1997 to 2012: What’s changed?

Posted on January 12, 2012 by brucewhitehouse

Fifteen years ago this month, I came to Bamako for the very first time. In those days I was a fresh-faced Peace Corps trainee, more eager to get out to my rural post than to experience the city. On the … Continue reading →

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