A mining company in the South Kordofan region of Sudan has halted operations after two attacks on company workplaces within the space of a week. The attacks on Leha Mining Company at its Baloula site led to a total shutdown, Radio Dabanga said. There were no casualties reported in either…
Africa Oil Week begins Monday in Cape Town, with energy ministers and senior officials from a host of African nations participating. Joining them is United States Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, who traveled this weekend to South Africa and will deliver an address Tuesday on global energy policy and security….
At least one person has died and there are reports of 20 injured following a new round of riots in the Guinean mining town of Boke on Wednesday. This week’s street protests escalated as residents blocked access to mine workers headed for their jobs, and then attacked a police post…
Malawi is seeing another round of power outages caused by lower water levels in Lake Malawi, and the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) warns that there are likely more on the horizon. Local media outlets say that recent outages are lasting for more than five hours a day in…
A report last week on President Joseph Kabila and his family’s holdings in the Democratic Republic of Congo – copper, cobalt and tin mining among them – offered a comprehensive look at what the Congo Research Group calls “a conservative reading” of assets worth tens of millions of dollars. The…
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The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), based in Kenya, has renewed its call for the African Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) to move forward as an African-led organization without the interference of France and the European Union. “The European Union and French Government are interested in imposing and deviating from…
Mozambique will build its first solar PV plant, thanks to funding from the International Finance Corporation. The IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced this week that it is providing USD$19 million in funding as part of a $55 million package to support the new utility in Mocuba….
The Ghana Armed Forces, in response to recent media reports, denies that its soldiers are involved in the country’s illegal mining operations or providing security and assistance to those who are. In a statement issued Tuesday, GAF spokesman Col. Eric Aggrey-Quarshie challenged information that surfaced last week during a panel…
Fighting groups have long understood how important it is to secure a stable stream of financial resources in order to sustain the fighting effort over a prolonged time. Fighters need to be fed and remunerated. In other words, no cash, no conflict. In July 2010, the United States passed the…
The mines in Botswana will be the first in Africa to adopt a Canadian model of sustainability that requires members to continuously assess their mining practices and report them to the community. The Towards Sustainable Mining® (TSM) initiative looks at six core areas – including greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity conservation and community…
The news that a provision of United States law requiring companies to report “conflict free minerals” information will be lifted by President Donald Trump’s executive order has been met with dismay by human rights organizations and activists. Yet are the conflict free rules really helping in the Democratic Republic of…
The European Union has signed a €65 million grant to support the expansion of electricity access to some 300,000 people in Zambia. The agreement, signed Thursday in Brussels, targets the funding toward infrastructure serving heavily populated low-income areas of Lusaka, the EU said in a press release. “The rehabilitation of…
Nigeria has lost USD$4.9 billion in 2016 oil revenues because of militant attacks on pipelines and other facilities, an economic blow to a heavily oil-dependent nation already hard hit by lower oil prices. Maikanti Baru, a group managing director with the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) said the 1.5 trillion…
Niger Delta militants have clashed with Nigerian security forces after another attempt to sabotage oil infrastructure on Tuesday, local media report. The armed group blew up a barge that was being used to repair the Trans-Forcados Pipeline, a target of recurring attacks by militants operating in the heart of southern…
Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a joint oil and gas exploration of Lake Tanganyika, but the deal is likely to receive a lukewarm reception from environmental activists already worried about the lake’s health. Tanzania President John Magufuli and DRC leader…