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DRC, Rwanda, Uganda
How Belgian entrepreneur Alain Goetz escaped UN sanctions

Just days before being placed under US sanctions, Belgian businessman Alain Goetz managed to avoid UN sanctions. UN investigators suspect him of playing an active role in the illicit trade in gold mined in conflict zones of eastern DR Congo. Kampala has been following the case closely. [...]

Published on 07/04/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Gold trader Alain Goetz sets legal guns on Rwanda and Western sanctions

The Belgian businessman, who specialises in refining and exporting gold from the Great Lakes region, claims Rwanda owes him tens of millions of dollars in compensation. At the same time, he is battling to persuade the US and EU to lift their sanctions on him.

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Belgian businessman Alain Goetz in Entebbe, Uganda, on 4 October 2018.

DRC, Uganda
Washington refuses to lift sanctions on Alain Goetz

The Belgian businessman Alain Goetz is to remain on the sanctions list of the Office of Foreign Assets Control. The US treasury believes he still controls the various firms that have been used in illegal gold trading in Africa.

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Uganda
Ebola ravages gold sector

The latest outbreak of the deadly disease that began in early September has struck at the heart of Uganda's mostly artisanal gold production and slowed down extraction, trade and refining, whether legal or not.

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A general view of an open-pit gold mine in Mubende district.

DRC
DR Congo arms embargo resolution splits Security Council

The UN Security Council is considering a French-led resolution that would overhaul the arms embargo regime imposed on the Democratic Republic of Congo. But Paris has had to revise its initial plan in the face of reluctance from London and Washington.

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Rwanda
Bay View suffers setback in mining dispute with Kigali

The American company Bay View, which had sought arbitration with the Rwandan state for allegedly withdrawing its mining permit unfairly, appears to have suffered a setback at ICSID.

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Great lakes
Will US sanctions crush Museveni's ambitions for Congolese gold?

The Ugandan president was counting on DR Congo's entry into the East African Community to boost Congolese gold exports to his country. But US sanctions on Kampala's biggest gold refinery may dash those hopes.

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DRC, Uganda, United States
US Treasury unlikely to let Alain Goetz's Aldabra off hook over gold trafficking allegations

Although it has not been put on the sanctions list drawn up by the US Treasury, Alain Goetz's UAE company Aldabra is unlikely to escape punitive action by the US. The US sanctions have also put Uganda, where his African Gold Refinery is based, in a difficult position.

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In Focus | Great lakes, Rwanda
Belgian gold refiner Alain Goetz battles for his interests in the Great Lakes region

Belgian businessman Alain Goetz quit the management of his Ugandan gold refinery a few months ago after being found guilty of money laundering in Belgium. He is also facing accusations of tax evasion in Rwanda, where he is a shareholder in another refinery.

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East Africa, Southern Africa
Richard Griffiths follows in Qatar's footsteps to strengthen Arent Fox's African network

Richard Griffiths from US law firm Arent Fox accompanied his client, the Qatari vice prime minister Al Kuwari, to Burundi's independence day celebrations on 1 July. Griffiths and his law firm are already very well established in Rwanda and Zimbabwe.

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

DRC, Rwanda, Uganda
How Belgian entrepreneur Alain Goetz escaped UN sanctions

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Gold trader Alain Goetz sets legal guns on Rwanda and Western sanctions

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Washington refuses to lift sanctions on Alain Goetz

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DR Congo arms embargo resolution splits Security Council

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Will US sanctions crush Museveni's ambitions for Congolese gold?

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