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Mali completes takeover of gold mines abandoned by foreign companies

The Globe and Mail · June 30, 2025

Open this photo in gallery:The Yatela mine in Mali’s western Kayes region was abandoned in 2016 after Sadiola Exploration Company determined that low prices made operations uneconomical despite unexploited reserves.Supplied Mali has completed its...

Mercury fuels gold mining in Senegal. And it’s poisoning the people who use it

The Sentinel Colorado · July 9, 2025

KEDOUGOU, Senegal | The quickest way to separate gold from rock, Sadio Camara says, is with a drop of mercury. She empties a dime-sized packet of the silvery liquid into a plastic bucket of muddy sediment outside her home in southeastern Senegal....

Mali: Works to build EXPO 2027 complex proceeding as planned

Tanjug · June 30, 2025

BELGRADE - Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Monday works to build the EXPO 2027 complex were proceeding as planned and that any deviations from the schedule were tackled in a timely manner. "We kicked off the working week with a...

Sierra Leone hosts Russian fishing fleet under new agreement

MENAFN · July 9, 2025

(MENAFN) Sierra Leone has agreed to grant Russian fishing companies an annual catch quota of 40,000 tons and is offering investment incentives to strengthen cooperation in the fishing sector, according to Russia’s Federal Agency for Fisheries...

Infosys engineer arrested for secretly recording women in washroom

The Hindu Business Line · July 2, 2025

Infosys stated it has zero tolerance for such misconduct and is cooperating with authorities while supporting the complainant. | Photo Credit: Dado Ruvic/Reuters Infosys has dismissed Swapnil Nagesh Mali, a 30-year-old senior associate from Andhra...

How far is your closest hospital or clinic? Public health researchers explain why Africa needs up-to-date health facility databases

The Conversation · July 2, 2025

The lack of reliable information about health facilities across sub-Saharan Africa became very clear during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid a surge in emergency care needs, information was lacking about the location of facilities, bed capacity and...

Nashik: Igatpuri Residents Gherao Mahavitaran Engineers As Power Supply Remains Disrupted In Tourist Town For A Month

Free Press Journal ·

Nashik: Igatpuri Residents Gherao Mahavitaran Engineers As Power Supply Remains Disrupted In Tourist Town For A Month | Sourced Nashik's Igatpuri has been experiencing continuous power outages for a month. As a result, angry residents reached the...

Jihadists wage string of attacks on Mali military sites

Modern Ghana ·

Jihadists waged attacks on military installations in several western Mali towns Tuesday, in a new series of assaults in the junta-led country amid resurging violence in the wider Sahel region. For more than a decade Mali has faced assaults from...

Jihadists attack string of Mali military sites

Modern Ghana ·

Jihadists attacked military installations in several towns in western Mali early Tuesday, in a new series of assaults in the junta-led country amid resurging violence in the wider Sahel region. For more than a decade Mali has faced assaults from...

Suspected jihadists attack string of Mali military sites

Modern Ghana ·

Suspected jihadists attacked military installations in several towns in western Mali early Tuesday, the military and residents said, in a new series of attacks in the junta-led country amid resurging violence in the wider Sahel region. For more...

Nigeria’s terrorism cornucopia: Is there a way forward?

The Guardian (Nigeria) · July 9, 2025

Background The etymological patrimony of the word ‘cornucopia’ is typically characterised by abundance, harvest, nourishment, and plenty. Conceptually however, this treatise utilises the oxymoron, terrorism cornucopia, in the sense of the...

Amazon Prime Day 2025: All the Deals We're Tracking and Shopping on Day 2

People - New York ·

Good news: Amazon Prime Day 2025 is in full swing — and this year's sale is packed with millions of deals and better than ever. For the first time, Amazon is celebrating Prime Day for four straight days, so you'll have twice as long to score...

The Unfinished Business of Nation Building in Ethiopia and the Conflicted Roles of Its Intellectuals and Scholars

Zehabesha ·

Aklog Birara (Dr) February 4. 2022 “In broadening the debate about a country’s trajectory beyond the usual group of elite decision makers, national dialogues offer the potential for meaningful conversation about the underlying drivers of conflict...

Nuclear energy: Mali-Russia sign cooperation agreement

ESI Africa · June 30, 2025

Mali and Russia have entered into an intergovernmental agreement for cooperation on the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The latest development between the two countries follows on from a nuclear roadmap set up last year. The agreement was cemented...

Russia, Mali ink nuclear energy agreement

MENAFN · June 30, 2025

(MENAFN) Russia and Mali have signed an agreement to deepen collaboration on the peaceful use of nuclear energy, Rosatom announced on Tuesday. The deal, involving the Russian state nuclear company, includes infrastructure development, joint...

Russia, Mali boost trade together with joint research

MENAFN · June 30, 2025

(MENAFN) Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Mali’s transitional leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, in Moscow on Monday, where they signed three key agreements, including a treaty establishing an intergovernmental commission focused on trade and...

Insurance Biz Africa launches pan-African Insurance Webinar Series

Insurance Biz South Africa ·

09-07-25 / Duty Editor Insurance Biz Africa launches pan-African Insurance Webinar Series Johannesburg, South Africa - Digital news publisher, Insurance Biz Africa, is proud to announce the launch of a series of pan-African webinar sessions, whose...

Mali interested in Russian firms’ participation in gold production, fertilizers supplies

TASS · June 24, 2025

MOSCOW, June 24. /TASS/. The Republic of Mali has expressed interest in attracting Russian companies to development of gold deposits and increasing supplies of mineral fertilizers from Russia. Those issues were discussed at a meeting of Russian...

Ganfeng Lithium ships first batch of lithium concentrate from Mali’s Goulamina project to China

Gasgoo · June 29, 2025

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- On the evening of June 24 local time, Ganfeng Lithium ("Ganfeng") marked a major milestone as the first shipment of lithium concentrate from its Goulamina project in Mali set sail for China. The cargo, loaded at the mine site...

What Trump’s Africa Summit Is Trying to Achieve

Foreign Policy · July 9, 2025

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a surprise African leaders’ summit in Washington, anti-government protests turn deadly in Kenya, and Nigerian ride-hailing start-up Moove eyes...