An appeals court in Mauritania handed a 15-year jail sentence to former President Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz on charges including corruption and illicit enrichment. The sentence was increased from 5 years in jail in a first instance verdict against the President who ruled the country from 2009 to 2019. The court found that he had […]
The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has committed to investing $1.4 billion to revitalize the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), a critical transport route for copper exports in Central Africa. The deal, announced at the recent Zambia International Mining and Energy Conference (ZIMEC 2025), aims to improve infrastructure and operations along the aging railway. Under […]
Morocco’s mining company Managem said it has resolved the obstruction that has affected one of its gold shipments in Sudan and that the cargo is now cleared for export. On May 8, Sudanese authorities seized a Managem gold shipment causing an obstruction to the company’s gold exports in Sudan despite “ having completed all the […]
