29 January 2025 The Ethiopian Herald (Addis Ababa) column By Fikadu BELAY – Experts weigh on continent’s persistent resource mismanagement Being … More
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Malawi: To Solve Forex Problems, Malawi Needs to Focus On the Mining Sector
23 January 2025 Nyasa Times (Leeds) By Ephraim Nyondo Malawi is grappling with chronic foreign exchange shortages, which continue to … More
Rwanda Announces Potential Oil Deposits in Lake Kivu
The Lake Kivu is part of the extensive East African Rift Valley system 16 January 2025 Capital FM (Nairobi) By … More
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
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
