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A Nigerian Oil Nightmare

By Citizen M | Published: March 12, 2015

The Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail recently published a story on one of Robert Amsterdam’s clients, James Bay Resources Ltd. Read an excerpt below: Nigerian elections often revolve around huge sums of money, which greases the wheels of the election machinery for the leading parties, and some insiders believe that the Canadian asset was seen […]

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Zambian Watchdog’s Fake News about Henry Banda a Political Ploy, Says Amsterdam

By Citizen M | Published: February 20, 2015

20 February 2015 – The following statement was issued by lawyer Robert Amsterdam of Amsterdam & Partners LLP (London, United Kingdom): The practise of knowingly publishing completely false information under the guise of news reporting has become such a severe problem in Zambia that we are approaching a dangerous threshold, where not only criminal liability […]

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An Open Letter to Zambian Watchdog

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: February 17, 2015

17 February 2015 Dear Mr. Editor, I write to you as International counsel to His Excellency, former President Rupiah Banda and to Henry Banda (Mr. Banda), regarding serious and urgent concerns over articles published on your website over the past week. I refer to your articles of 9 February 2015, “Henry Banda joins Katumbi, Lungu […]

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Rising Political Risk for Miners in Zambia

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: December 18, 2014

The 2011 election of President Michael Sata and the Patriotic Front (PF) government in Zambia turned out to be one of the most negative events for foreign investors in the country. Not only did the Sata government expropriate properties, re-nationalise assets, and rack up debt and inflation – they also sought to tighten control over […]

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Mugabe and the U.N. vs. the Whistleblower

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: April 1, 2014

Doug Bandow writes in the American Spectator about the case of our client Georges Tadonki, who challenged political corruption in Zimbabwe and paid for it with his job. In 2008 Tadonki had been on station for six years and predicted epidemics of both cholera and violence. Journalist Peta Thornycroft interviewed Tadonki at the time, concluding […]

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The Unlawful Persecution of Nigeria’s Central Banker

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: March 17, 2014

The Nigerian government’s attempt to pin a criminal case against its former Central Banker Lamido Sanusi after he exposed a multi-billion dollar corruption scheme reeks of political motivations.

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The Politics of Justice in Africa

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: February 19, 2014

The relations the International Criminal Court (ICC) enjoys with states in Africa are testy – and things don’t appear to be getting better.

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Georges Tadonki Still Awaiting Justice

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: July 11, 2013

This week my office has been abuzz with the news that our law firm won a pro bono award, but the first person I called was the client in said case, Dr. Georges Tadonki, who is still awaiting justice in the case. Despite the extremely strong 104-page ruling from the U.N. Dispute Tribunal in his […]

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Robert Amsterdam’s Legal Team Honored with Global Pro Bono Dispute of 2013 by The American Lawyer

By Citizen M | Published: July 10, 2013

The American Lawyer magazine has honored Amsterdam & Partners LLP for his role in the Tadonki / UN case.

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Zambia: The One-Party State Subsidy

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: June 6, 2013

The truth of the matter is that the fuel and maize subsidies have not actually been removed, but rather they have been transformed by the PF into the One-Party State Subsidy.

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