{"id":841,"date":"2010-02-25T14:07:32","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T19:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delicious.com\/url\/e6d941788bd8f2ae3b04f0adc779ecfb#tomathon"},"modified":"2010-02-25T14:07:32","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T19:07:32","slug":"niger%c2%b4s-junta-puts-all-mining-contracts-under-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/02\/niger%c2%b4s-junta-puts-all-mining-contracts-under-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger\u00b4s junta puts all mining contracts “under study”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xinhua picks out a phrase in CSRD spokesman Col Goukoye's statement on the 24th for scrutiny. Scrutiny indeed, as this is China, France, and Canada's biggest concern. Goukoye declared that all mining contracts were certainly going to be looked at more carefully and that "everything is going to be done in equity and justice." Referring to possible corruption charges against past officials, he said: "We are definitely going to hold those state officials accountable. That is a priority. An absolute priority. It is a must that we do this and instructions have been given to those charged with this issue to ensure that the payments that are supposed to be done at the expiry date are made at that time." Remember that Col. Hima Hamidou, number three or four in the 1999 junta and number two now, was on a corruption commission shortly after Ibrahim Bare Mainassara was overthrown. It's August 1999 conclusion recovered some 2000M CFA but no high profile convictions. Expect a similar result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Xinhua picks out a phrase in CSRD spokesman Col Goukoye's statement on the 24th for scrutiny. Scrutiny indeed, as this is China, France, and Canada's biggest concern. Goukoye declared that all mining contracts were certainly going to be looked at more carefully and that "everything is going to be done in equity and justice." Referring to possible corruption charges against past officials, he said: "We are definitely going to hold those state officials accountable. That is a priority. An absolute priority. It is a must that we do this and instructions have been given to those charged with this issue to ensure that the payments that are supposed to be done at the expiry date are made at that time." Remember that Col. Hima Hamidou, number three or four in the 1999 junta and number two now, was on a corruption commission shortly after Ibrahim Bare Mainassara was overthrown. It's August 1999 conclusion recovered some 2000M CFA but no high profile convictions. Expect a similar result.<\/p>\n

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