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Article

11 Dec 2013

Author:
AFP

Africans lament poor transparency over mineral wealth

...[A]ccording to a survey released on...[Africa's] natural resource-producing countries...a majority [of the citizens] said it was difficult to find out how their government was using money from sectors such as mining and oil production...The poll was conducted in a range of countries, including Nigeria, Africa's largest oil-producer that has been wracked by corruption and mismanagement. Nearly two-thirds (62 percent) overall said it was "fairly or very difficult" to find information about what the government does with money from its mines and oil wells...The Africa coordinator for Revenue Watch, Emmanuel Kuyole, said improved natural resource governance could lead those countries out of poverty.