🌐Weekly News Digest [ January 5 – January 11 ]
That was the first full-fledged week of the new year of 2026, during which rulers forgave those who polluted their land, dismissed those who were managing their oil.
💡Here are the key highlights:
🇧🇼 Botswana
— Botswana Invites Russia to Invest in Its Mining Sector
🇨🇩 DR Congo
— Congolese clergy speaks against the US-DRC agreement.
— The government allows processing units to accept ore from artisanal miners amid protests
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
— Equatorial Guinea moves its capital to a brand new city built on oil revenues
🇬🇭 Ghana
— A Ghanaian prophet predicts the discovery of major onshore oil deposits in Ghana
— Ghana hopes to keep its oil fields viable until 2040
🇲🇱 Mali
— JNIM militants attack a gold mine in southeastern Mali
🇳🇪 Niger
— Niger replaces its oil minister
🇳🇬 Nigeria
— President reshuffles the country's oil sector management
🇸🇩 Sudan
— Sudan’s central bank and Sudanese Mineral Resources Company set up a joint commission to curb illegal gold exports.
🇺🇬 Uganda
— Uganda to start its first oil exports by October, despite environmental concerns
🇿🇲 Zambia
— First report on the toxic pollution caused by a Chinese company designates 160 people as victims
— Zambia is concerned over the safety of its workers in southern DRC
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💿 The Rise and Fall of the Compact Disc
Having been hit by the rise of MP3 players in the early 2000s, #CD sales nearly halved between 2000 and 2007, which is when smartphones and the first music streaming services emerged to put the final nail in the compact disc’s little round coffin.
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❗️ Bruno #Tabacci (#CD|Centro): "Se si andasse a votare, il centrosinistra dovrebbe presentarsi con una larga coalizione dichiarando fin da subito che, se vincesse, l'unico premier possibile sarebbe Mario Draghi."
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#Tabacci (#CD) contro #Calenda: "Le terze vie sono a servizio della vittoria della destra, chi le sceglie sarà come Conte."
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Accordo siglato tra Luigi #DiMaio (#IpF) e Bruno #Tabacci (#CD). Lunedì mattina verrà presentato il nuovo progetto. (Adnkronos)
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