Madagascar, the world’s biggest producer of vanilla, is seeking about $17 billion in aid and investment to help finance improvements in its power, mining and tourism…
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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…
Tanzania and Canadian mining giant, Barrick Gold Corp have signed an agreement to kick-start a new joint venture company overseeing Barrick’s future gold mining operations in…
Sudan will now allow private traders to export gold, in an effort to curb smuggling and attract foreign currency into the country’s cash-strapped treasury. Prior to…
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s state-owned copper and cobalt miner, Gecamines is challenging a ruling by a local court that it owes an Israeli billionaire, Dan…
Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed is shaking up several sectors in a liberalisation drive aimed at transforming Ethiopia
An army officer who requested anonymity spoke of “around 30 deaths,” basing the figure on witness accounts
The Tanzania Mining Commission set a deadline of September 15 to enforce the directive
New mines range from gold, zinc, rare earth, uranium, nickel and rutile to manganese,
Africa’s second-biggest economy bounced back from its largest quarterly drop in a decade when it contracted 3.1 per cent in Q1