The DRC has sent Washington a shortlist of state-owned assets – including manganese, copper-cobalt, gold and lithium projects – for US investors to consider as part of a minerals partnership, two senior Congolese officia
Ghana will scrap long-term mining investment stability agreements and double royalties under sweeping reforms, the regulator in Africa's top gold producer told Reuters, as it seeks to capture more benefits from surging b
South Africa has softened its anti-trust regulations to allow firms battling high power costs to jointly build energy infrastructure and collectively negotiate supply contracts.
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that Washington will control sales of Venezuelan oil "indefinitely," a day after President Donald Trump announced Venezuela's interim leaders had agreed to US-managed marketing of 30
Suspected terrorists attacked the Morila gold mine in Mali at the weekend, burning equipment and taking seven employees hostage before releasing them, an official from the mining ministry told Reuters on Monday.
A recent wave of mass kidnappings, including the abduction of hundreds of schoolchildren, has brought renewed international attention to the insecurity.
The military said the troop deployment was agreed between South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, Sudan Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and RSF head Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
DR Congo’s mining lobby has called for urgent talks with the government to clarify new cobalt export rules, and said that legal ambiguities and compliance hurdles could delay shipments.
Niger has accused French nuclear fuel group Orano of "predatory behaviour" and environmental crimes, escalating a bitter dispute over control of the West African nation’s uranium mines.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has sacked Deng Lual Wol as the petroleum ministry's undersecretary and replaced him with Chol Thon Abel, the fourth time he has transferred the post from one of the men to the other in l
The state cobalt agency in DRC has produced its first 1,000 metric tonnes of traceable artisanal cobalt, a key step in formalising the sector in a country that supplies much of the world's battery metal.
Ghana, Africa’s top gold producer, has launched its most aggressive mining audit in a decade, targeting top miners to recover lost revenue and tighten oversight.
Dozens of ‘renewable energy’ firms in the Greek Cypriot administration appear linked to some tech and defence networks with operational ties with Israel.
Somalia relations with DRC grow with significant investments in key sectors such as logistics, energy, long-distance transport, mining, and hospitality.
A French uranium mining company accused of partial responsibility for terrorists abducting some of its employees in Niger in 2010 is to be tried, sources following the case told AFP.
Huayou exported 400,000 tons of lithium concentrate from Zimbabwe in 2024.
The Democratic Republic of Congo, which accounts for about 70% of global cobalt output, halted exports in February after prices of the critical electric battery metal hit a nine-year low.
French nuclear group Orano has said 1,500 metric tonnes of uranium are stockpiled at its expropriated SOMAIR mine in northern Niger.
President Andry Rajoelina acknowledged that "the energy minister was not doing his job".
DRC has said it "will not be controlled by the Chinese" after introducing cobalt export quotas, which have been opposed by the Asian nation's mining companies operating in Congo.
A boom in artisanal gold mining in Ghana has driven mercury contamination to dangerous levels in host communities, with soil readings in some areas reaching 134 times amounts deemed to be safe, a government-backed study
Uganda expects to start crude oil production around mid-2026 and will prioritise investments in oil and gas, transport infrastructure, electricity and industrial parks.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said Ethiopia will use the energy to improve Ethiopians' access to electricity while also exporting surplus power to the region.
Efforts are ongoing to rescue those trapped beneath the rubble, according to an official.
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