#ijf26 | Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF) Écoutez Sonia Rolley, notre Directrice des enquêtes, au International Journalism Festival à Perugia. Climate Whistleblowers et Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF) ont porté un mess...

🎤 Écoutez @soniarolley.bsky.social, notre Directrice des enquêtes, pendant le @journalismfestival.com.

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Millions spent on gates at Northern Cape Urban TVET, while students live in shacks At Northern Cape Urban TVET College, the millions spent on flashy infrastructure starkly contrasts with dilapidated student living conditions, revealing deep-rooted mismanagement and urgent needs for ...

5/ 🔗 Read the article: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

4/ “The student housing crisis across the country remains a serious cause for concern, more especially in light of the alleged governance failures and mismanagement of funds as alleged by the whistleblowers," says Roshnee Narrandes, @pplaaf.bsky.social’s Southern Africa Director.

3/ All this while students at the College have been forced to live off-site in unsafe conditions at exorbitant costs and entrance gates are prioritised over adequate, safe housing.

Millions spent on gates at Northern Cape Urban TVET, while students live in shacks At Northern Cape Urban TVET College, the millions spent on flashy infrastructure starkly contrasts with dilapidated student living conditions, revealing deep-rooted mismanagement and urgent needs for ...

2/ PPLAAF & a group of anonymous whistleblowers spark an investigation by @dailymaverick.co.za that reveals:

- Alleged governance failures
- Systemic corruption
- Financial mismanagement

1/ #RSA 🇿🇦: Despite millions spent on upgrades to student housing at Northern Cape Urban TVET College, cracks can be found across walls, while ceilings leak, mattresses rot, and toilets are clogged with filth and cobwebs.

Congo Hold-up: Africa’s biggest leak reveals massive corruption in DRC and beyond - PPLAAF Paris, November 19th, 2021 - Former President Kabila’s inner circle and DRC elites embezzled public funds thanks to BGFIBank. Read more

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🔗 @pplaaf.bsky.social's article ➡️ www.pplaaf.org/2021/11/19/c...

Congo Hold-up: Africa’s biggest leak reveals massive corruption in DRC and beyond - PPLAAF Paris, November 19th, 2021 - Former President Kabila’s inner circle and DRC elites embezzled public funds thanks to BGFIBank. Read more

3/ @nytimes.com article references #CongoHoldUp, the largest corruption investigation in the DRC, which, based on 3.5 million bank records, documents the systematic diversion of hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds by networks linked to political and business elites.

He Led Congo for 18 Years. Now, He’s a Hunted Man.

2/ «Since he left office, however, investigators have uncovered the kleptocratic system he and his inner circle used to enrich themselves in a country where teachers earn around $100 a month. He denied reports of embezzlement.»

He Led Congo for 18 Years. Now, He’s a Hunted Man.

1/ #DRC🇨🇩: «Though Mr. Kabila is a man of spectacular wealth, he portrayed himself during our interview as a humble man of the land. “I basically am a farmer,” he said.»

3/ 🔗 Consultez notre communiqué de presse: www.pplaaf.org/fr/2026/04/0...

🔗 Consultez notre mise à jour des « Banana Port Papers » : www.pplaaf.org/cases/drc-th...

2/ Entre 2009 et 2018, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, alors PDG de Dubai Ports World, a cherché à associer Jeffrey #Epstein à ses activités commerciales liées à l'exploitation portuaire.

1/ #RDC🇨🇩: Les « Epstein Files » interrogent sur les activités de DP World en Afrique.

3/ 🔗Read our press release: www.pplaaf.org/2026/04/02/d...

🔗Read our Banana Port Update: www.pplaaf.org/fr/cases/rdc...

2/ Between 2009 and 2018, Dubai Ports World’s CEO showed a direct interest in involving Jeffrey #Epstein in his global port-related business dealings

1/ #DRC🇨🇩: Epstein Files raise new concerns about Dubai Port World’s activities in Africa.

Nigerian Authorities Missed Florida Properties When Seizing Assets From Former Education Ministry Official and Family Dibu Ojerinde, his three sons and daughter-in-law are all facing charges related to funds he allegedly misappropriated while working as an education official. Two houses in Florida were not among asse...

3/ Le professeur « Dibu » Ojerinde n'avait déclaré aucun de ces deux biens au Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) dans le cadre de ses deux procès pour abus de fonction et détournement de fonds publics.

🔗➡️ www.occrp.org/en/news/nige...

EXCLUSIVE: Former Nigerian official facing corruption charges controls Florida properties Dibu Ojerinde, his three sons, and his daughter-in-law are all facing charges related to funds he allegedly misappropriated while working as an education official.

2/ L'enquête révèle que les fils & la belle-fille d'Ojerinde, cités comme coaccusés dans l'une des affaires dont il fait l'objet au Nigeria, ont tenté de transférer ces biens vers des"trusts" de fait anonymes, présentées comme des dons.

🔗➡️ www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlin...

Scandale des examens nationaux au Nigeria : les propriétés cachées du clan Ojerinde en Floride – PPLAAF PPLAAF and its partners have uncovered two previously unknown properties in the United States linked to a Nigerian official and his family, who are currently on trial for allegedly diverting funds mea...

1/ #Nigeria🇳🇬: Enquête conjointe @pplaaf.bsky.social, @occrp.org et @premiumtimesng.bsky.social révèle comment les proches du professeur Ojerinde ont tenté le transfert de 2 biens immobiliers en Floride peu avant que leurs avoirs au Nigeria et au Ghana ne fassent l'objet d'un avis de confiscation.

3/ Prof. 'Dibu' had not declared these assets to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in either of his cases for corruption and abuse of office.

🔗➡️ www.pplaaf.org/cases/nigeri...

2/ Analysis revealed that his sons and daughter-in-law, who are named as co-defendants in a corruption case against him in Nigeria, attempted to transfer the properties into functionally anonymous trusts that were listed as gifts.

🔗➡️ www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlin...

1/ #Nigeria🇳🇬: A joint investigation by @pplaaf.bsky.social, @occrp.org, & @premiumtimesng.bsky.social reveals how family members of Prof. 'Dibu' Ojerinde filed to transfer two properties that they bought in the US, shortly before his Nigerian and Ghanaian assets were subject to a forfeiture notice.

SÉNÉGAL : Guide pratique du lancement d'alerte Guide pratique du lancement d’alerte au Sénégal : Le guide pratique du lancement d’alerte au Sénégal adopte une approche pédagogique et opérationnelle. Il explique aux potentiels lanceurs d'alerte le ...

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📝 Communiqué de presse : bit.ly/4kTrHZf

SÉNÉGAL : Guide d’interprétation de la loi n°2025-14 portant statut et protection des lanceurs d’alerte Le guide d’interprétation juridique propose une analyse article par article de la loi n° 2025-14 et de son décret. Il en examine la cohérence, met en lumière certaines limites et formule des pistes d’...

2/ Pour aider citoyens, journalistes et organisations, Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF) a élaboré deux nouveaux guides pour accompagner l’application de la loi sur la protection des lanceurs d’alerte.

#Sénégal 🇸🇳 : La « bonne foi » doit-elle protéger ou exclure ? | @pplaaf YouTube video by PPLAAF

1/ #Sénégal 🇸🇳 : La « bonne foi » doit-elle protéger ou exclure ?

La loi n°2025-14 protège les lanceurs d’alerte, même si les faits révélés s’avèrent inexacts, à condition qu’ils aient agi de bonne foi. Mais comment définir et interpréter cette « bonne foi » ?

What a horse farm in Aiken, South Carolina tells us about international money laundering Nigerian military adviser and polo fan Sambo Dasuki bought a horse farm in Aiken, SC. He was later charged with stealing $2 billion and criminal diversion.

4/ 🔗Read The Post and Courier’s story: www.postandcourier.com/news/special...

🔗Read PPLAAF’s coverage: www.pplaaf.org/2025/02/24/n...

What a horse farm in Aiken, South Carolina tells us about international money laundering Nigerian military adviser and polo fan Sambo Dasuki bought a horse farm in Aiken, SC. He was later charged with stealing $2 billion and criminal diversion.

3/ Dasuki was previously indicted for allegedly misappropriating billions meant for the fight against Boko Haram.

Project partners included The Aiken Standard, Houston Chronicle, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, and John Dell’Osso of PPLAAF.

What a horse farm in Aiken, South Carolina tells us about international money laundering Nigerian military adviser and polo fan Sambo Dasuki bought a horse farm in Aiken, SC. He was later charged with stealing $2 billion and criminal diversion.

2/ The reporting uncovered how Nigeria’s former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, moved nearly USD 1 million to buy a horse farm in Aiken, South Carolina.

What a horse farm in Aiken, South Carolina tells us about international money laundering Nigerian military adviser and polo fan Sambo Dasuki bought a horse farm in Aiken, SC. He was later charged with stealing $2 billion and criminal diversion.

1/ #Nigeria 🇳🇬/ #USA 🇺🇸: PPLAAF and The Post and Courier’s investigation has won the South Carolina Press Association’s A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism!

4/ 📗 Le Guide pratique du lancement d’alerte au Sénégal, conçu comme un outil opérationnel et accessible pour guider les citoyens et les potentiels lanceurs d’alerte dans les procédures et les bonnes pratiques à adopter. 

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