Tag Archives: West Africa

Elections: Countdown in Conakry

10th
Jun. × ’10

When I sat down with Guinean presidential candidate Alpha Conde in March he mentioned off-handedly that I should come to Conakry for the elections. Then he paused and said maybe after the elections would be better. He may have been thinking of the frenzy of activity leading up to the polls. But, it’s easy to [...]

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Redacted: Cartels and the New West African Connect

7th
Sep. × ’09

This took a few days. PACER was down for the Southern District of New York, so I had to wait to get the indictment of Jesus Eduardo Valencia-Arbelaez who was extradited to New York City last week. The thumbnail view is this: “the Organization” a Colombian-Venezuelan cocaine interest wanted to open a tran-shipment corridor to Europe [...]

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