The Lake Kivu is part of the extensive East African Rift Valley system 16 January 2025 Capital FM (Nairobi) By … More
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Uganda’s extractive sector: A transformative year ahead in 2025
Julius Businge January 16, 2025 Growth in oil, gas, and mining drives economic ambitions amid global and regional opportunities Kampala, Uganda … More
Uganda Moves to Start Storing Some of Its Gold Reserves in Local Vaults
14 January 2025 Nile Post (Kampala) By Kenneth Kazibwe Government has said it has started a process that will see … More
Barrick Gold Halts Operations in Mali After Government Gold Seizure
BREAKING NEWS January 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM UTC TLDR Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold said it will temporarily suspend … More
Sidelined in Mali, Barrick turns Tanzania mine into ‘armed encampment’
Barrick has been accused of human rights abuses at its North Mara gold mine in Tanzania Owen Schalk / January 13, … More
South Africa: Trapped miners’ desperate letters reveal grim conditions, numerous fatalities and lack of food
By Takudzwa Pongweni 10 Jan 2025 Trapped illegal miners in Stilfontein have issued a grim update on their condition, with reports … More
Rebels tighten grip on Congo mineral wealth as UN warns of long-term control
M23 rebels are establishing control over key mineral-rich territories in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), United Nations experts … More
Zimbabwe: Chinese-Owned Gold Mine Stirs Controversy in Eastern Zimbabwe
7 January 2025 Voice of America (Washington, DC) By Enos Denhere Mutare — Government officials in Zimbabwe have been scrutinizing a … More
Africa: Slavery, Tax Evasion, Resistance – the Story of 11 Africans in South America’s Gold Mines in the 1500s
Ihsaan Haffejee/GroundUP The Conversation Africa (Johannesburg) analysis By Paola Vargas Arana The transatlantic slave trade was one of the most devastating and … More
Barrick to halt Mali mine amid fresh export restrictions
Cecilia Jamasmie | January 6, 2025 | 3:44 am Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD)(TSX:ABX) is facing mounting challenges at its Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex … More