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Released from house arrest on 21 November, the Sudanese PM Abdalla Hamdok has been asked to form a new government. Yet the task is proving to be very complicated, as by agreeing to return to office alongside General Burhan, he has significantly undermined his political credentials. [...]
Despite being removed from the Namibian Chamber of Mines and expelled from the Swartmodder copper mine in September, Chinese group Africa Huaxia Mining is nonetheless embarking on an all-out expansion in the country. Under the guise of multiple subsidiaries, it is racking up new mining licences. [...]
A US court has dismissed the class action filed by 13 Congolese nationals against tech giants Apple, Google, Microsoft, Tesla and Dell for their part in the use of forced child labour in DRC's cobalt mines. The judges found that the plaintiffs were unable to demonstrate a link between their grievances and the defendants while other companies were mentioned as more certainly associated with the alleged acts. [...]
Haranga is trying to relist on the Australian stock exchange, banking on investor interest in its West African gold licences and in its Saraya uranium project. Saraya once belonged to UraMin, the company at the heart of a scandal involving Areva. [...]
#ECOWAS will hold an official summit on 12 December and the Malian situation will be at the centre of discussions in which all the heads of state of the West African organisation are due to participate #Mali @ecowas_cedeao https://t.co/yOaJmLO21W
RT @AfricaIntell: 📣 The Italian oil major @eni is continuing to work persistently to secure its status as #Algeria's future leading private…
The sale of two real estate assets belonging to #Congo, to the benefit of Orange and Lebanese businessman Mohsen Hojeij's Commisimpex, is likely to be less lucrative than expected https://t.co/hocGeKCxbK
