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Candidates in Ivory Coast’s presidential election held their final rallies as the campaign officially concluded in the West African nation of 30 million people. The country goes to the polls with incumbent President Alassane Ouattara seeking a fourth term that would bring his rule over the cocoa-...
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M23 rebels pushed back on accusations that the group stole millions of dollars in gold from a mine located in an area controlled by its fighters
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Nigerian music and Afrobeats star Davido has met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, France, marking a moment that highlights his expanding global influence beyond music.
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Alabama carried out its seventh nitrogen gas execution Thursday evening, putting to death a man who spent three decades maintaining his innocence in a killing prosecutors say stemmed from a drug debt dispute. Anthony Boyd, 54, died after more than 20 minutes of visible distress following the...
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Wave of unrest as polling suggests victory in presidential race for 92-year-old incumbent Paul Biya
At least two people have been killed and dozens of protesters arrested in Cameroon as the government cracks down on dissent before the announcement of final results in...
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Police in Ghana rescued 57 Nigerians trafficked to the West African country and arrested five people suspected of operating a cybercrime and human trafficking ring, authorities said Thursday, October 23.
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After a health scare, Mamelodi Sundowns and Bafana Bafana striker Iqraam Rayners has been cleared to resume training. Rayners, 29, was sidelined for a couple of weeks as he was released from the Bafana Bafana squad that played Zimbabwe and Rwanda in FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifiers recently due to...
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Teenage designers, students and volunteers created the garments from litter collected along beaches and in coastal communities
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On October 23 in Yopougon, a vibrant district of Abidjan, Henriette Lagou, candidate for the Ivorian presidency, met with her supporters for a final rally.
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Hixonia Nyasulu has decided to step down as a nonexecutive director of global miner Anglo American with effect from December 31, after six years of service, to focus on her wider board portfolio. Nyasulu has served as an independent nonexecutive director since November 2019, also serving on the...
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Gold miner Pan African Resources’ ordinary shares have been admitted to trading on the LSE main market, with effect from October 24, completing the company’s move from the LSE’s Aim market. Pan African, which is also listed on the JSE, has 2.3-billion ordinary shares of £0.01 each in issue.
The latest mining world news and project information from Africa. providing updates on the progress of future, new and existing projects. Developments in mining legislation, policies, investments and infrastructure will be highlighted
United Arab Emirates cites security reviews as it suspends tourist and work visas for nationals of Nigeria, Ghana, Sudan, and six other African countries. Officials confirmed that the restrictions, effective immediately, apply to applicants from Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Cameroon,...
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European Union leaders have committed to bolstering Ukraine’s defense funding but hit a roadblock Thursday over an ambitious proposal to tap frozen Russian assets, revealing fractures in the bloc’s approach to financing Kyiv’s war effort. The impasse emerged during high-stakes...
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Six institutions, six powerful histories, and a call to artists to reimagine heritage with immersive arts The Embassy of France in South Africa, Lesotho, and Malawi, in partnership with the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) and Electric South, has launched Futures_Past: Amplifying Memory with...
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In a move that underscores his administration’s embrace of the cryptocurrency sector, President Donald Trump has granted a pardon to Changpeng Zhao, the billionaire entrepreneur behind Binance, the world’s largest digital currency exchange. The announcement came Thursday from White...
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French authorities detained three prisoners accused of threatening to kill Nicolas Sarkozy as the Ex-President begins a five-year prison term for corruption. French police have arrested three inmates at Paris’s La Santé Prison after a video surfaced showing prisoners...
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Barack Obama is turning his attention to one of Africa’s most influential musical revolutionaries, launching a sweeping audio documentary that explores the life and legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the Nigerian musician who transformed the sound of a generation. The former president unveiled...
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The successful transition from opencast mining to underground mining is being achieved with considerable aplomb at Venetia Diamond Mine, which Mining Weekly has just visited. De Beers’ $2.3-billion investment in the Venetia underground project, in Limpopo province, represents the biggest single...
The latest mining world news and project information from Africa. providing updates on the progress of future, new and existing projects. Developments in mining legislation, policies, investments and infrastructure will be highlighted
Stricter visa caps, higher financial requirements, and policy reforms drive the sharpest fall in foreign student arrivals in over a decade, in Canada. Canada has recorded one of its steepest drops in international student arrivals in years, with new data showing a nearly 60 percent decline...
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Gold funds received their largest weekly inflow on record in the week to Wednesday, Bank of America Global Research said in a note citing EPFR data, a week in which the precious metal's price surged to a new record, before retreating sharply. Gold funds saw inflows of $8.7-billion in the week BofA...
The latest mining world news and project information from Africa. providing updates on the progress of future, new and existing projects. Developments in mining legislation, policies, investments and infrastructure will be highlighted