AFRICA Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has announced the closing of a $150 million senior loan with Kamoa Copper. This loan will support the expansion of the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).…
NIGER has announced that the Imouraren uranium mine, one of the largest in the world, is now under public control after the government revoked the operating licence of French nuclear fuel producer Orano. This move highlights increasing tensions between Niger’s military rulers…
NAMIBIA, the world’s third-largest producer and Africa’s largest producer of uranium, is drawing new investments spurred by a recent surge in uranium prices. Australian mining company Gibb River Diamonds has acquired two significant uranium projects in the country, further solidifying…
TWENTY-TWO people were killed during Tuesday’s protests in Kenya, marking the deadliest day of demonstrations, according to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. The state-funded organisation announced an investigation into the violence, which erupted over proposed tax hikes. ‘We have recorded 22…
ZONDA Ghana Limited, in collaboration with China’s Great Wall Motor (GWM), has introduced two new vehicle models to the Ghanaian market: the GWM Tank 300 SUV and the P-series pickup. The launch event took place on Tuesday in Accra, marking…
KENYAN President William Ruto announced on Wednesday the withdrawal of proposed tax hikes after facing intense pressure from youth-led protests that resulted in deadly clashes and widespread demonstrations. This marks a significant victory for the protest movement, which has been…
ONLY a few months ago, the military, apparently feeling left out in the allocation of values processes in some African countries, ousted those countries’ civilian leaders. Many people celebrated this. Unknown to them, or forgetting that it was the…
JUAN Orlando Hernández, the ex-president of Honduras, who was convicted of drug crimes in a US court, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison. Hernández was found guilty in March of conspiring to import cocaine into the US, and…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu will discuss the new national minimum wage with state governors at the 142nd meeting of the National Economic Council at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. The President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, said plans…
IN a world filled with peculiarities and anomalies, the story of Monday Okpebholo stands out as a captivating enigma. According to the information documented on Wikipedia, Google and submitted in his INEC documention, Mr. Okpebholo purportedly claims his date of…
