The decision by a London court to exclude Nigeria from a multi-million-dollar settlement is fuelling calls to reform international anti-bribery laws, which often leave African victims of corruption hanging in the balance.
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This is such that, earlier this month, the Southwark Crown Court ordered Swiss multinational commodity trading and mining company Glencore to pay £281m ($334m) in fines, confiscated profit and sanctions. The ruling came in June after Glencore pleaded guilty to seven charges of bribing officials at the state oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other energy firms across Africa.
