Development works for the Mbalam-Nabeba cross-border iron ore mining project may soon commence. An official ceremony to mark the handover of equipment required to launch operations is due to be held ...

Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko is considering a visit to Ivory Coast, which could take place in the first fortnight of April. It would be the first trip by the leader of the African Patriots ...

Addax Petroleum's drawn-out drilling campaign stuttered to a halt in September. The company, owned by Chinese oil giant Sinopec, spent an estimated $180m on drilling 12 wells, only one of which has ...

Kenyan Mines Minister Ali Hassan Joho has received two new bids for gold and titanium exploration permits in the counties of ...

The tender call for the installation of a second submarine cable link to Mauritania was launched in August and has attracted two foreign firms and one local company.

The Tunisian government's deepening financial crisis has not entirely put the brakes on the armed forces' spending spree. According to sources in Tunis, the French missile manufacturer MBDA and ...

Werede was not in charge of mining issues in Reda's temporary administration. But this one-time hero of the Tigray struggle, who commanded the Tigray Defence Forces (TDF) that opposed the army during ...

Before it resumes operations at its mine in Haut-Katanga at some point later this year Kipushi Corp (Kico) still has to build a new road to evacuate its zinc production. This will link its Kico plants ...

The Mostakbal Misr military agency uses experienced intermediaries to overcome the mistrust of cereal exporters and donors.

An investment promotion agency attached to the presidency, the EDBM is represented by Rajoelina's former transport and meteorology minister Joël Randriamandranto, chairman of the board of directors.