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Nigeria’s oil giant shell rejects oil spill charge on Nigerian four farmers
Claims by four Nigerian farmers over oil spills ruining their livelihoods by the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell has been rejected.
The oil giant Shell has...
Egypt’s president Mohammed Mursi decrees pardon revolutionaries
Egypt's new president Mohammed Mursi, issued a decree on Monday pardoning all those arrested in support of the revolution since the beginning of the...
Botswana diamond sector wage disparity favours South Africans?
World over, particularly in Africa, diamond deposits have often been a source of bloody conflicts. However, Bostwana, a largely desert southern African nation endowed...
Ethiopian economy’s new gold rush
Gold is now Ethiopia’s second largest export item as well as the country's second foreign exchange earner, after coffee.
The horn of Africa country's half...
Namibia: Uranium enrichment in the offing
Namibia, which has pockets of uranium deposits, is crafting a nuclear policy to be completed mid-2011 with plans of setting up a nuclear electricity...
DR Congo: Illegal gold mining continue despite ban
Amidst the incessant conflicts in DR Congo, gold mining companies continue to lure military leaders into illicit gold mining agreements, despite the fact that...
U.K. faces law suit over DR Congo resource-war
The British government is to face charges over its failure to surrender British companies and individuals trading directly or indirectly in conflict minerals and...
Nigeria: A matter of gold and death
Immunization officers went from hut to hut to immunize children in the northern Nigerian State of Zamfara. In one of the Zamfara villages where...
Zimbabwe police to move into mining industry
Police force units the world over are not known for their mining prowls but that could soon change in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe police have indicated their...
Zimbabwe-Iran: Uranium deals against debts?
Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today vowed to stand side by side with Zimbabwean leader in defence of the country against the “arrogant,
evil minded super...
Ghana: Avoiding the Oil resource curse
Ghanaians have been rejoicing over the country’s oil find. However, many are aware that finding oil can actually lead a country into trouble, a...
Guinea: Mixed feelings over Chinese take over of Guinea’s Bauxite mines
China has agreed to take over all mining rights to Guinea’s reserves of bauxite, and construct ports, railway lines, power plants, low-cost housing and...
Zimbabwe police “blood diamond” abuses continue as they ignore Kimberley Process
Zimbabwe's security establishment, the army and police on Friday refused to leave diamond fields where they are accused of human rights abuses. This comes...
Ghana records increasing mineral revenue amid profit fears
Ghana saw a 17 per cent rise in mineral revenue in the first quarter of this year as it earned US$577.9 million, compared with...