King Mohammed VI & Nigerian Buhari

Nigeria: govt’s new policy to force mining firms to process minerals locally

Nigeria’s government has announced it will only grant new mining licenses to companies committed to process extracted minerals locally, signaling a major shift from the West African country’s long-standing policy of exporting raw materials. Under new guidelines being developed by Nigeria’s government, the new mining licenses will only be granted to those firms that present […]

Sahel instability threatens to turn Burkina Faso’s gold boom to bust

The impoverished citizens of Burkina Faso have missed out on a gold mining boom over the last decade, as the West African country loses territory to Islamist militants and lurches from coup to coup, threatening to turn the boom to bust. As the fourth largest gold producer in Africa, Burkina Faso has been in the […]

Mauritania to send ground boots to Yemen, military source

Some 500 Mauritanian military forces are gearing up to join Saudi Arabia–led military coalition in Yemen to combat Houthi rebels, military sources said. “Soldiers of the armed forces who are ready to be sent to Saudi Arabia, completed over the past weeks their military training at Atar military school located in the centre of the […]