Author Archives: non_profit

Mining contracts in Zambia

RAID’s report Zambia: Deregulation and the denial of human rights (2000) was the first comprehensive analysis of the human rights implications of the privatisation of Zambia’s state-owned copper mining and refining industry. As a result of RAID and others’ work, investment agreements have been modified, the royalties payable by mining companies have been raised, and arrangements have been made to ensure that the state shares in the rewards when the price of copper increases.

Och-Ziff, Mugabe’s “Bagmen” and the underpricing of African assets

In a report published on 29 April 2014, Och-Ziff, Mugabe’s “Bagmen” and the underpricing of African assets, RAID calls on the US authorities to investigate a number of questionable transactions in Africa by Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (‘Och-Ziff’), a $41 billion US hedge fund listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Report