Nigerian prison guards sprayed an unidentified substance into a crowded cell where dozens of detainees died and kept the doors locked, according to three survivors.
A gold mine collapsed in northern Sudan, killing at least ten people and injuring 21 others, two survivors told AFP on Sunday after overnight rescue efforts.
A gold mine collapsed in southern Sudan, killing at least 60 small-scale miners, two survivors told AFP on Wednesday, while many more are missing.
It was also not clear who carried out Friday's attack, though the area suffers widespread insecurity.
The Namibian Marine Phosphate wants to dredge the ocean floor for the key ingredient of fertilisers, but conservationists reportedly want to challenge the clearance.
Rescue efforts were suspended as the mine continued to collapse and recent heavy rains flooded its lower sections.
Kenya has tripled its long-term target for expanding its renewable energy capacity to meet surging demand and support its industrialisation.
Countries plan additional 3,000-MW agreement as Ankara also eyes new regional oil, gas routes.
Kenya's national power utility said on Tuesday that rapid uptake of variable renewable energy sources such as wind and solar was affecting the stability of its electricity grid.
Swiss national Luca Maggini and his security detail were abducted and later killed while on a survey at a mining project.
DRC has banned exports of copper concentrate and cobalt concentrate in a major escalation of its drive to ensure domestic processing and retain more value from its vast mineral resources.
Mali could leverage revenues from recent mining sector reforms to raise up to 500 billion CFA francs ($883.1 million) for energy, water and transport projects, its finance minister has said.
"The agreement signed today has been a historic step in terms of partnership in the energy sector," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says.
Malawi has completed the installation of Southern Africa's only utility-scale battery storage system outside South Africa and Namibia.
At least five people were killed and an unknown number remained trapped after a tunnel collapsed at a British-operated gold mine in southwestern Kenya on Wednesday.
A Ghanaian court jailed an influential opposition politician for 20 years on Monday after finding him guilty of illegal mining.
Africa’s biggest clean energy challenge is shifting from building projects to building the institutions, markets and regulatory systems needed to deliver them at scale, experts say.
China and Namibia signed eight documents, including agreements on cooperation in green minerals and a framework agreement on economic partnership.
Africa is rapidly becoming the focal point of a new global competition—not for oil, but for the critical minerals powering electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, renewable energy and advanced defense technologies.
DRC does not expect significant disruptions to copper and cobalt production this year due to chemical supply constraints stemming from conflict in the Middle East, a senior mining official told Reuters.
Washington released details of an agreement that addresses Iran's uranium stockpiles and possible sanctions relief.
Zambia has been working on the new debt swap for more than two years.
A Qatari energy firm says it has made a "promising" discovery of "good quality, light oil" and "limited associated gas" in Namibia.
The mining sector is described as the heartbeat of Ghana's economy, primary driver of foreign exchange earnings and a strategic pillar of national development.
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