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Botswana, De Beers ink new sales pact to continue diamond partnership

Botswana and mining company De Beers have announced, after years of negotiations, a new diamond sales deal that gives the South African country a bigger share of rough stones from their joint venture. Debswana, a joint venture between De Beers (a subsidiary of Anglo American, a UK-listed multinational mining company) and Botswana’s government, sells 75% […]

DRC to expand exploration, mining of metals for green-energy transition

Exploration for nickel and chrome will begin ‘in the next few days’ in DR Congo’s southern, diamond-rich Kasai region, Congo’s president has said, adding that his country wants to position itself as a key source of the two strategically important metals in the green energy transition. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) wants to position itself […]

Covid-19: A $275,000 project for refugees residing in Morocco

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) set up, Friday in Rabat, a project worth $275,000 to support the UNHCR’s response program to the Covid-19 crisis for refugees residing in Morocco.   The UNHCR and JICA said in a joint statement that, as of February 1, 2021, […]