Micah Reddy

Jul 24, 2024 | icij.org | Micah Reddy

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema fired the board of the country’s anti-graft body last week. The surprise decision followed allegations by one of its own members that the entity’s management was itself corrupt.

Jun 18, 2024 | icij.org | Micah Reddy

On Dec. 6, 2021, Zambian financial crime investigators sent a confidential memo to their counterparts in Eswatini, the country formerly known as Swaziland.

May 26, 2024 | icij.org | Micah Reddy |Tebogo Tshwane

On a cloudy Sunday morning in March 2024, congregants poured into the main branch of All Nations Christian Church in Zion, in a field just off the highway between Mbabane and Manzini, the kingdom of Eswatini’s two largest cities. There are several branches of the church across South Africa and Eswatini — which until 2018 was known as Swaziland — and this building, whose construction began in 2017, is pure utilitarianism.

Apr 25, 2024 | africafocus.substack.com | Micah Reddy |Warren Thompson |Nicole Sadek |Spencer Woodman

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Apr 15, 2024 | news24.com | Warren Thompson |Micah Reddy

An investigation by Finance Uncovered raises serious questions with the way a tiny Swazi bank was established. The documents from the "Swazi Secrets" leak also raise numerous questions about the two Canadian brothers who are the driving force behind it. Also revealed is the pressure allegedly brought to bear to give the bank a licence by political figures close to King Mswati III or claiming to act on the basis of a "royal command".  For more financial news, go to the News24 Business front page.