Burkina Faso : Simon Tiemtoré sets up gold mining task force
American-Burkinabe businessman Simon Tiemtoré, head of Lilium Mining, has put together a task force with political and technical expertise to...
Month : February 2024
Eritrea/Ethiopia : AU enters final negotiations on Peace and Security Council line-up
The foreign ministers of the Africa Union’s member countries jostled into line for a group photo on the morning of...
Africa : AU summit set to ignore continent’s conflicts and political crises
Discussions at the 37th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly are likely to be as anodyne as the official name of this weekend’s summit...
Namibia : Battle for control of oil sector hots up in Windhoek
Namibian prime minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has been under fire on social media since January for “favouritism and corrupt practices related...
Africa : Mali, Morocco, Kenya
Mali: Mamadou Coulibaly aka Doums, Aya Nakamura’s tour manager in BamakoThe concert by Franco-Malian singer Aya Nakamura at Bamako’s international...
Burkina Faso : Boungou gold mine far from recovery
Burkina Faso’s Boungou gold mine is to remain closed because the deteriorating security situation in the east of the country...
Egypt : Erdogan brings Turkish arms heavyweights to Cairo
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s official visit to Cairo, scheduled for 14 February, is likely to be accompanied by a visit from representatives of Savunma...
Libya : With no embassy in Tripoli, Russian diplomats set up shop at Radisson hotel
A few weeks ago, the Russian ambassador to Libya, Aydar Aganin, quietly moved his team to the Radisson Blu Al...
Botswana : De Beers’ last negotiation points for Gaborone deal could undercut HB Antwerp
The heads of terms of De Beers’ new diamond sales deal with Botswana, signed by the company CEO Al Cook...
Guinea : Bauxite: Conakry takes aim at China’s Chalco and COSCO
Since Chinese aluminium giant Chalco began mining on its two permits near Boffa, 150 km north west of Conakry, fellow...
