Surely the issue of where and how minimg licences and sales revenue is distributed in SL, is something the folk of Koidu should take up with their government.
As with any company anyehere, De Beers pays the share they are obliged to to the authorities.
BP and Facebook aren't paying their share of taxes in the USA, do you think De Beers is going to do so in Sierra Leone?
The only difference is there are just enough tax dollars in the US to make life tolerable for the masses - cheap beer & cigarettes, sports on TV and elementary education.
BP and Facebook probably don't pay much tax in Australia either, where beer and cigarettes are not particularly cheap (mostly due to sin taxes)
Do you have any evidence that thy aren't?
Or do you just make things up?
BP Actually get tax credits, as does Amazon. So they pay negative taxes.
Or is guilt by association the new thing these days?
Show me where De Beers is not paying what the government of SL requires them to pay.
How can you expect the tax situation to be better in Sierra Leone?