Global Investigative Journalism Network (https://archive.gijn.org/category/africa/page/6/)
GIJN’s Document of the Day: The 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) from Transparency International concludes that 95% of countries have made little to no progress fighting corruption since 2017, and notes the link between corruption and increased violence around the world.
From respecting that different journalists have different styles of reporting to using voices from the field to tell the story, and from keeping it simple with clear language to just ‘getting started,’ here are tips from two experienced reporters for the write-up stage of an investigation.
How investigative journalist Olanrewaju Oyedeji, from Nigeria’s Dataphyte, exposed corruption in government notebook contracts by analyzing data from the state’s online procurement portal.
As part of GIJN’s guide to investigating organized crime in Africa, journalist Elie Kabore explores how to cover corruption and natural resources theft.
In this guide to reporting on organized crime in Africa, investigative journlaist Khadija Sharife examines arms trafficking and weapons deals across the continent.
There are many types of crimes committed on the world’s oceans — money laundering, corruption, drug smuggling, and human trafficking, for example — but two of the most significant across Africa are maritime piracy and what experts call illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Armed rebellions, coups, and civil wars have ravaged many parts of Africa for decades. Rebel leaders, warlords, and notorious figures wage wars against governments they felt disfranchised their supporters. In the last 15 years, violent, armed jihadist groups have joined this troubling picture.
Among the most pressing environmental challenges in Africa nowadays are land-grabbing due to infrastructure or agribusiness projects, water and river pollution, deforestation, desertification, trafficking of endangered species, and Indigenous peoples’ rights violations.
GIJN’s guide to investigating organized crime in Africa includes tips, tools, and best practices for covering corruption, drug trafficking and other illicit activity.
Speaking during GIJN’s Tips and Tools from Women Investigators webinar, reporters from Germany, Kenya, and Turkey recounted their experiences dealing with court injunctions, going undercover, and investigating under-reported stories.