Over $30 billion worth of gold was smuggled out of Africa in 2022, primarily to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Turkey, and Switzerland, according to a new ground-breaking report by Swissaid that calls for more transparency and traceability in the gold supply chain to improve local conditions and artisanal miners’ working conditions throughout the continent. […]
The transition authorities in Guinea have commissioned a cabinet market analysis to launch a new national carrier, 20 years after Air Guinée has gone bankrupt, Africa Guinee reports. Bernard Goumou, the Prime Minister of the West African country, has instructed the ministers of transport, finance, foreign affairs and budget to analyze the establishment of the […]
Morocco’s national football team will fly back from Conakry without playing a game that was supposed to take place on Monday against the Guinean counterpart. According to Moroccan media, the Moroccan team and accompanying delegation headed Sunday evening to the Conakry Gbessia airport, where a special plane was to fly them back home. Heavy gunfire […]
