🌐Weekly News Digest [ February 2 – February 8 ]
That was a week when we learned about what Epsteinhad to do with Africa's oil...
💡...and, there were other highlights:
🇦🇴 Angola
— Opposition Group Declares Independence of Oil-Rich Enclave of Cabinda from Angola
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
— Burkina Faso Boasts of Record Gold Extraction
🇨🇩 DR Congo
— DRC Government Releases Official Response to Rubaya Mine Collapse
— US State-Backed Consortium Buys 40% Shares of Two Large Copper-Cobalt Mines From Swiss Company
— US Virtus Minerals to Purchase Congolese Copper Producer Chemaf
🇬🇭 Ghana
— Private Refinery Makes First Bars From Artisanal Gold Collected by State
— French Troops Train Ghanaian Army to Fight Illegal Gold Miners
🇱🇷 Liberia
— Ivanhoe Atlantic Appoints Team of US Nationals to Its Board to Facilitate Its Iron Project
🇳🇦 Namibia
— Brazil’s Petrobras and France’s TotalEnergies Acquire 85% of Namibia's Oil Field
🇳🇬 Nigeria
— Nigeria’s State Oil Corporation Faces Corruption Lawsuit from Local NGO
— Nigerians Protest Against Rampimg Up Oil Production In Niger Delta
— Nigerian Court Delivers Guilty Verdict Against UK
🇿🇲 Zambia
— Delegation From Finland Arrives in Zambia
🌍 Global
— US Creates Reserve of Critical Minerals for Civilian Industry
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