The political stalemate in the north of the country is intricately linked to mining activities in Tigray. An audit carried out by a senior member of the transitional administration was met with a ...

According to our information, late last year the Swiss trader Vitol was forced to give up its CI-202, CI-523 and CI-525 offshore blocks, the licences for their exploration having expired. The first ...

French engineering firm Artelia, which already completed an ESIA for Winning Consortium Simandou, owner of blocks 1 and 2 of the Simandou iron ore project, should soon take on new responsibilities.

The committee preparing the next conference of former president Joseph Kabila's Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et la Democratie (PPRD) is to be set up this Friday. It will be responsible for ...

High-level forest summits are coming up thick and fast. Gabon's One Forest Summit is set to get under way on 1 March, while, in the neighbouring Republic of the Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso is ...

There is sure to be some grumbling about Lesotho's government when the country's citizens learn of the price South Africa pays each year for the delivery of 780 million cubic meters of Lesotho water.

Stability within the presidential security apparatus is thus ensured. With Boka, the GR is now helmed by an associate of the secretary general of the National Security Council (CNS, the Congolese ...

Monaco Resources has always relied on its former auditor to carry out its financial functions. The group's policy has been to hire consultants to oversee its internal audit from the firms responsible ...

The Senegalese air force wants to boost its paltry ground attack capabilities. It has just four single-engine KA-1S attack aircraft it can use on offensive missions, notably against separatist ...

Transamine has interests across the world and is already familiar with Morocco. The company buys minerals from other companies, and also acquired a stake in tin explorer Kasbah Resources (AI, 12/03/13 ...

A first CH-4 combat drone system has been delivered to the DRC by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC). The batch, which includes three drones in addition to a ground station, is ...

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 ...