Africa: How a Canadian Mining Giant Infiltrated Zambia's Democracy

Africa: How a Canadian Mining Giant Infiltrated Zambia's Democracy

A Global Witness investigation finds evidence that First Quantum Minerals and its associates have run a decades-long covert influence campaign over Zambia's democracy, bankrolling President Hichilema, with revenues diverted away from the copper-rich nation's indebted economy and its people

Africa: How a Canadian Mining Giant Infiltrated Zambia’s Democracy

A Global Witness investigation finds evidence that First Quantum Minerals and its associates have run a decades-long covert influence campaign over Zambia's democracy, bankrolling President Hichilema, with revenues diverted away from the copper-rich nation's indebted economy and its people PDF: How a Canadian mining giant infiltrated Zambia's democracy Download Resource Keep up with the latest…

First Quantum bankrolled Zambia's Hichilema party

First Quantum Minerals, the Canadian copper giant that controls more than half of Zambia's copper output, secretly financed President Hakainde Hichilema's party across multiple elections and reaped $771 million in tax savings after he took office, according to an investigation published Tuesday by the campaign group Global Witness.The report draws on interviews with dozens of insiders across Zambia's government, the mining industry, civil societ…