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Ghana has selected local mining services company Engineers & Planners Ltd to take over Gold Fields’ Damang gold ​mine, the mines minister said.  Ghana, which is ​seeking to boost local ownership in its mining ⁠sector, rejected Johannesburg-based Gold Fields’ lease renewal bid and took ​control of the mine last year, breaking with years of ​automatic extensions.  It then began assessing local bids for …

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A former Gambian minister appeared in a Swiss court ‌on March 30 to appeal against a conviction for crimes against humanity under ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh.  Ousman Sonko’s conviction for homicide, torture and false imprisonment in May 2024 was historic since he was ​the highest-ranking former official ever to be tried in Europe using universal ​jurisdiction, which allows for the prosecution of …

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Lagos taxi driver Adegbola Isaac went to the gas station twice in the last weekend of March. Each time, the price in the Nigerian city had climbed further and hit 1,350 naira ($0.99) per liter, a nearly 35% increase since the Iran war started. That’s wiped out most of his daily profit.  “It is hitting hard,” Isaac told The Associated Press.  Like many people across the …

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A resolution proposed by Ghana at the United Nations on March 25 to recognize transatlantic ​slavery as the “gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations has been adopted despite resistance from Europe and the U.S.  Ghana said the resolution ‌was needed because the consequences of slavery, which saw at least 12.5 million Africans taken and sold between the 15th and 19th centuries, persist …

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The remains of dozens of Africans whose bodies were dug up and sent to Europe for scientific research long ago were reburied Monday in South Africa, whose president called the practice “rooted in racism and used to advance theories of European racial superiority.”  The remains of at least 63 members of the Khoi and San communities had been …

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Africa’s eye on minerals as the be-all-and-cure-all for the continent’s development agenda is being tested by geopolitical gamesmanship as global superpowers jostle to carve new spheres of influence.  Amid the turmoil unleashed by the United States President Donald Trump administration’s trade tariffs, African minerals have faced price volatility, which analysts say points to the fragility …

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