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Credit Suisse Among Banks Probed on Mozambique, WSJ Reports

MAPUTO (Capital Markets in Africa) – U.S. authorities are investigating Credit Suisse Group AG, BNP Paribas SA and VTB Group for their roles in selling about $2 billion of bonds for Mozambique, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is examining whether the banks facilitated corruption by enabling officials from the African nation to take money raised in the debt sales, the newspaper reported. The Justice Department…

Corbyn Says Queen’s Offshore Investments Should Be Probed

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) – U.K. opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said an inquiry into offshore investments and tax evasion that he’s calling for should also cover Queen Elizabeth II’s holdings. The monarch found her financial arrangements splashed over British newspaper front pages Monday after leaked information, known as the Paradise Papers, from Bermuda law firm Appleby Group Services Ltd. showed she had made a series of investments in a Cayman Islands fund through the British Royal Family’s private…

Mugabe Fires Deputy After Wife Says She Can Lead Zimbabwe

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HARARE (Capital Markets in Africa) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe dismissed Emmerson Mnangagwa as his deputy, a day after first lady Grace Mugabe accused him of planning a coup and said she’s prepared to succeed her husband as leader of the southern African nation. Mngangagwa, 75, was fired for “among other things, disloyalty,” Information Minister Simon Khaya Moyo told reporters Monday at Mugabe’s office in the capital, Harare. The announcement followed the president’s comments at a rally on Saturday in the southern African…

Congo Plans to Hold Presidential Elections in December 2018

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KINSHSA (Capital Markets in Africa) – The Democratic Republic of Congo will hold delayed presidential elections on December 23, 2018, the electoral commission said, a year later than opponents of President Joseph Kabila have demanded. National and provincial parliamentary polls will take place on the same date, Independent Electoral Commission Rapporteur Jean-Pierre Kalamba told reporters Sunday in the capital, Kinshasa. A series of other votes including senatorial, gubernatorial and mayoral ballots will be held from March 2019 to…

Kenyan Politician Files Petition to Overturn Vote Rerun Result

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) A Kenyan politician lodged a petition at the Supreme Court challenging the validity of last month’s repeat presidential elections, arguing the vote breached the law and wasn’t free and fair. The petition was filed by Harun Mwau, a former legislator, the Judiciary’s spokeswoman, Lilian Mueni, said by phone from the capital, Nairobi. The Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission proceeded with the Oct. 26 vote rerun despite opposition candidate Raila Odinga’s withdrawal. The…

Glencore’s Big Electric Car Bet Carries Plenty of Risk

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KINSHASA (Capital Markets in Africa) – The Democratic Republic of Congo has been presented as a Glencore Plc trump card, but that’s not to say this particular mining play is without risk. On Monday, journalists delving into the so-called Paradise Papers shed more light on Glencore’s activities in the mineral-rich African country, including a loan it made in 2009 to an entity affiliated with controversial Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler. For reasons of brevity, I won’t…

Guptas Inflated Oakbay Price Through Trade by Singapore Firm

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – The Gupta family inflated the share price of a company it controlled on its Johannesburg Stock Exchange debut by lending money to a Singapore firm to be used to trade the equities. That came ahead of plans to raise funds for a uranium mine. The Guptas, who are embroiled in a corruption scandal linked to South African President Jacob Zuma, agreed to loan $1 million from bank accounts in Dubai…

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