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AngloGold Ashanti's main sulphide treatment plant is seen in Obuasi. Source: Reuters/Kwasi Kpodo

At least seven killed at Ghana gold mineMaxwell Akalaare Adombila and Christian Akorlie

Chevron also comes up short in Namibia energy exploration

By Ron Bousso 16 Jan 2025

Souvenir luggage tags are displayed at a Barrick Gold Corp at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Source: Reuters/Chris Helgren

Barrick to suspend operations in Mali after gold seized

By Portia Crowe, Divya Rajagopal, David Lewis and Giulia Paravicini 14 Jan 2025

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AfDB approves $210m in financing for Nigeria Transmission Expansion Project

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AfDB loans $400m for Mozambique LNG project

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27 Nov 2019

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João Marques 26 Nov 2019

Black Friday, what's in the box?

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Rodwyn Peterson, head of litigation Chibesakunda & Co, DLA Piper Africa member firm in Zambia

Can AfCFTA solve Africa's energy challenge?

Rodwyn Peterson 22 Nov 2019

Image: Jan-Joseph Stok/Terre des Hommes

Children labour rife in Madagascar mica mining sector

19 Nov 2019

Smart cities embrace 4IR

Smart cities embrace 4IR

19 Nov 2019

Demonising African oil & gas is not constructive for energy transition

Demonising African oil & gas is not constructive for energy transition

NJ Ayuk 18 Nov 2019

Illicit mining is carried out on lands sold by traditional rulers. Wikimedia Commons

Ghana's traditional and state powers must collaborate to halt illegal mining

James Boafo 13 Nov 2019

LE South Africa introduces oil-spill-eating enzyme technology

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8 Nov 2019

Former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo

#AOW2019: Facing the challenges

7 Nov 2019

Gwede Mantashe, SA minister of minerals and energy

#AOW2019: Mantashe calls for gas investment

Nicci Botha 6 Nov 2019

President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of Somalia (left) and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta.Their countries are in a row over territory. Daniel Irungu/EPA

Western countries take sides in Kenya's maritime row with Somalia

Patrick Muthengi Maluki 5 Nov 2019

Africa's oil & gas industry poised for further growth

Africa's oil & gas industry poised for further growth

4 Nov 2019

Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Equitorial Guinea's minister of mines and hydrocarbons

Kosmos strikes oil in Equatorial Guinea

4 Nov 2019

Image: UPI.com

Senegal on the cusp of LNG boom

29 Oct 2019

Cameroon boosts hydroelectric capacity

Cameroon boosts hydroelectric capacity

25 Oct 2019

Image: The Mandela Initiative

Creativity is key to good mining stakeholder communication

25 Oct 2019

Minister of Innovation and Technology of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Getahun Mekuria Kuma.and Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev,

Ethiopia and Russia sign peaceful atomic energy deal

24 Oct 2019

Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Equatorial Guinea's minister of mines and hydrocarbons and Sergey Gorkov, director general and chairman of the board of Rosge

Equatorial Guinea signs exploration MoU with Rosgeo

23 Oct 2019

Sherif Andrawes, BDO’s global head of natural resources

What's going to shake up the mining industry by 2030?

23 Oct 2019

Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed, Somalia's minister of petroleum and mineral resources

Somalia open for business, says petroleum minister

21 Oct 2019

Klipheuwel Wind Farm

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17 Oct 2019

Let the sunshine in - why solar power is essential

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Barry Bredenkamp 16 Oct 2019

Mozambique's LNG projects ready for implementation

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15 Oct 2019

Mtho Xulu, president of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Collaboration critical for energy projects

14 Oct 2019

NJ Ayuk

#AOP2019: Free market capitalism will work best for Africa

Nicci Botha 11 Oct 2019

Gabriel Obiang Lima

#AOP2019: Africa must be unapologetic about oil & gas

Nicci Botha 9 Oct 2019

Gwede Mantashe

#Windaba2019: IRP will bring certainty

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President Felipe Nyusi

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Rodwyn Peterson, head of litigation Chibesakunda & Co, DLA Piper Africa member firm in Zambia

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Illicit mining is carried out on lands sold by traditional rulers. Wikimedia Commons

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LE South Africa introduces oil-spill-eating enzyme technology

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President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of Somalia (left) and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta.Their countries are in a row over territory. Daniel Irungu/EPA

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Africa's oil & gas industry poised for further growth

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Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Equitorial Guinea's minister of mines and hydrocarbons

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Cameroon boosts hydroelectric capacity

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Minister of Innovation and Technology of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Getahun Mekuria Kuma.and Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev,

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24 Oct 2019

Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Equatorial Guinea's minister of mines and hydrocarbons and Sergey Gorkov, director general and chairman of the board of Rosge

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Sherif Andrawes, BDO’s global head of natural resources

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Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed, Somalia's minister of petroleum and mineral resources

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Klipheuwel Wind Farm

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Mozambique's LNG projects ready for implementation

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World's first floating nuclear power plant docks in Russia

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