May 07, 2026
Tunisian authorities threaten to dissolve the parent company of ICIJ partner Inkyfada
The move follows years of legal harassment by government agencies and a wider, escalating crackdown on the Tunisian press.
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Apr 13, 2026
‘They deny the medication that is keeping you alive’: Patients wage grueling legal battles for lifesaving cancer drug
As bureaucratic fights to access Keytruda drag on for years, some patients die waiting.
Apr 07, 2026
Global headlines and a public reckoning: Ten years of the Panama Papers, part 3
On the 10-year anniversary of the Panama Papers, journalists and a Nobel-wining economist share their recollections of how the story unfolded, and how the investigation still resonates today.
Mar 04, 2026
Advocacy group files formal grievance claiming World Bank ‘failed’ to address harm caused by controversial Tanzanian project
The project, which aimed to expand protected environmental areas and boost tourism, was terminated in 2024 after allegations of human rights abuses.
Feb 06, 2026
Former Nigerian oil minister stands trial in the UK on bribery charges
Prosecutors accused former minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, who featured in the ICIJ-led Panama Papers investigation, of living a “life of luxury in London” fueled by corrupt Nigerian oil deals.
Feb 03, 2026
Investigation reveals how Chinese firms blindsided Malawian government over strategic mine ownership
Malawi’s government has promised a “fact-finding exercise” as the local community grows increasingly resentful of the mining venture’s unfulfilled development promises.
Feb 02, 2026
Asian financial hubs are reshaping Africa’s offshore economy
A new report shows how Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong have courted African elites and companies with tax breaks, light regulation, and secrecy.
Nov 20, 2025
Businessman targets Eswatini journalists with $9.9M lawsuit
Farmers Bank, which featured in ICIJ’s Swazi Secrets investigation, and its founder are seeking damages from an independent media outlet that reported on the troubled banking venture.
Jul 31, 2025
‘Justice was not served’: Human trafficker identified in ICIJ’s Trafficking Inc. sentenced in Nigeria
A survivor who testified in the case slammed the sentence — a choice between prison or paying a fine — which Nigeria’s anti-trafficking agency intends to appeal.
Jul 28, 2025
Portugal launches probe into construction giant’s dealings with Equatorial Guinea’s vice president
The president’s son, known as Teodorin, has repeatedly caught the attention of international authorities, including in France where a messy legal battle is underway after French authorities seized his luxury Parisian apartment block.
Jul 23, 2025
‘Power is exercised arbitrarily’: Lessons from a reporter’s arrest in Equatorial Guinea
An ICIJ reporter tried to capture the "opulence and neglect" inside a tiny African state that had squandered its oil riches — and experienced the dangers of reporting in a country with no free press.
Jul 09, 2025
‘Where would I find this amount of money?’: Private hospital patients in Kenya grapple with crushing debt
More than a decade after the World Bank promised to make health care more affordable, high costs for lifesaving treatments impoverish families in East Africa.
Jul 08, 2025
The World Bank set out to transform health care for the poor in Africa. It drove patients deeper into poverty.
A surge in private equity funding for hospitals left a trail of crushing debts, patient detentions and broken promises.
Jun 10, 2025
After outpacing a European naval mission, cargo ship remains stranded in Libya
Less than a year after it was abandoned off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, the Med Sea Eagle delivered military equipment to a Libyan strongman, leaked documents reveal.
May 08, 2025
As Equatorial Guinea burned through oil riches, millions were funneled to a company owned by its ‘playboy prince’
Leaked documents reveal the government awarded a Portuguese construction giant with ties to the vice president $1 billion in contracts as it splurged on a Paris-inspired capital, an empty airport and other long-forgotten infrastructure projects.
Apr 02, 2025
As IFC delayed a damning report on a Liberian rubber plantation, the owner sold the business
A World Bank watchdog detailed allegations of displacement, pollution and other serious harms at the company, and criticized the global development agency’s handling of the project.
Mar 13, 2025
Russia’s ghost ships haunt Libya
The Kremlin is using vessels from its “ghost fleet” — hundreds of aging commercial ships with obscured ownership — to send military equipment to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, leaked documents reveal.
Feb 12, 2025
Foreign aid freeze decimates investigative news outlets internationally
Many affected are the only investigative journalism organizations in poor countries or fragile democracies.
Jan 30, 2025
$150M World Bank project plagued by allegations of violence and abuse terminated in Tanzania
The project was supposed to be a boon for wildlife-based tourism in the East African country, but critics say it came “at an enormous cost” to local communities.
Jan 03, 2025
Nigeria arrests human trafficker spotlit by ICIJ
ICIJ’s Trafficking Inc. investigation identified “Christy Gold” as a ringleader in a criminal network that forced Nigerian women into sex work in Dubai.
Oct 02, 2024
Angola’s Isabel dos Santos loses appeal to overturn $733M global asset freeze
The subject of ICIJ’s Luanda Leaks investigation is being sued by Angolan telecom operator Unitel over loans made to a Netherlands-registered company she controlled.
Sep 23, 2024
In Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, bucolic landscapes belie a darker underbelly
Behind the scenes of ICIJ’s Swazi Secrets investigation, reporters encountered smiling citizens, gun-toting security, and a simmering undercurrent of fear and mystery.
Aug 23, 2024
UN votes to adopt roadmap for global tax convention
The vote clears the way for U.N. member states negotiate a historic framework to tackle international tax dodging and curb tax-related illicit financial flows.
Aug 13, 2024
Angolan civil society groups demand answers on dos Santos assets
Four advocacy organizations have written to authorities in Portugal and Angola, demanding to know what has become of assets seized from Angolan former first daughter Isabel dos Santos’ sprawling financial empire.
Aug 01, 2024
Lawmakers signal crackdown on press freedom following Swazi Secrets
After ICIJ’s investigation revealed the role Eswatini may have played in southern Africa’s illicit economy, members of the tiny kingdom’s parliament are seeking to prevent future leaks.