Burkina Faso court rules execs at Canadian-owned mine were guilty of involuntary manslaughter

A court in Burkina Faso has ruled two executives working for Canadian mining firm Trevali are guilty of involuntary manslaughter after a flood disaster at its Perkoa zinc mine in April 2022 killed eight miners The flood disaster at its Perkoa zinc mine in April killed eight miners, the company’s country manager said. Ditil Moussa […]

ECOWAS lifts several sanctions against Niger

The heads of state of the member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have decided to lift some of the sanctions imposed on Niger following last year’s military coup, announced the president of the regional organization’s Commission, Omar Alieu Touray, from Abuja on Saturday. ECOWAS “has decided to lift with immediate […]

OCP chief Mostafa Terrab awarded France’s Insignia of Officer of Legion of Honor

The Chief Executive Officer of the Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP) Mostafa Terrab has been awarded the insignia of Officer of the Legion of Honor of France.   This honorary distinction was handed to him in Rabat by the French Ambassador to Morocco, Hélène Le Gal.   Through this award, France wanted to honor the […]