Burkina Faso’s military-led government has completed the nationalization of five gold mining assets, marking a significant pivot in its economic strategy aimed at asserting greater control over the country’s mineral wealth, international media reported. The move, finalized through a government decree earlier this month, transfers ownership of two producing gold mines and three exploration permits […]
Second UN speech in New York about Mali since the August 18 coup d’état. While the Security Council had been quite aloof the first time, aligned with ECOWAS’s demands, it was unanimously more encouraging this time. In its presidential statement, a statement of the utmost importance by UN standards, the Security Council first of all […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) has approved a €20 million loan to Moroccan Bank “Crédit du Maroc” to boost green investment of SMEs and contribute to the development of value chains in the North African Kingdom. The EBRD funds will be extended as sub-loans to local SMEs that plan to invest […]
