How Côte d'Ivoire's late president built secret ties with Africa's beer giant

Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.

Former Ivorian president Henri Konan Bédié held shares – through offshore companies – in Solibra, Côte d’Ivoire's leading alcoholic beverage company and a subsidiary of the French Castel group, as first uncovered by a Le Monde investigation.