Gold is one of Zimbabwe’s major foreign currency earners, and the Southern African country is rich in mineral resources.
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Eight traders have been arrested in Tanzania’s northwestern region of Geita for smuggling an unspecified amount of gold out of the country, an official said on…
Mali’s gold exports fell 0.3% in 2020 due to a fall in artisanal exports, the National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) reported on Saturday. Mining, mostly for…
Ghana has become the toast of exploration firms in the continent and is now Africa’s largest gold producer. It churned out 80.5 tonnes in 2008. To…
Malian Customs officers have seized 143kg of gold heading to neighbouring Guinea. The 88 bars of gold worth $8.5m, were hidden in a car as dealers…
The mining sector already accounts for 60% of Zimbabwean exports, raking in around US$$1 billion a year, and represents half of the country’s foreign direct investment.
Zimbabwean Police have arrested at least four people in connection with a high profile gold smuggling case involving a relative of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The case…
According to a statement from Sudanese Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok, Africa’s third biggest gold producer, Sudan, is setting up a bourse for the precious metal and…
By the first half of 2019/2020, covering more than six months of imports, Tanzania accumulated $5.5 billion worth of gold and dollar reserves The country’s benchmark…
Countries in the East Africa region are discussing the adoption of stringent traceability mechanisms for the gold industry to stamp out rampant smuggling across East and…