This time his operation is allegedly being run through Zimbabwe from his base in Dubai.

Both may be politically and economically aligned or impartial. Aligned observers usually support their governments, organisations or funding agencies’ policies.

The race for green energy is therefore leading to a rush for these minerals in Africa, led by China, the US and Europe.

In Africa, only seven of the 55 states in the African Union are “actively retentionist”, meaning that they sentence people to death and have carried out executions in the last decade.