🌐Weekly News Digest [ February 9 – February 15 ]
Last week, the mining conference in Cape Town became the first high-level venue to criticize American expansion into Africa - but what else happened?
💡Here are the key highlights:
🇨🇩 DR Congo
— South Africa’s Minister of Resources sharply criticizes his Congolese counterpart
— Washington urged an Australian mining firm AVZ to sell its major lithium project to a US company
🇱🇾 Libya
— Libya’s fails its first oil license auction in 17 years
🇲🇱 Mali
— The Malian government establishes a new state-owned mining company
— Mali approves a 10-year extension of Canadian gold miner's license
🇳🇪 Niger
— Niger’s military repels an attack by MPLJ militants on Chinese oil facilities
— Niger is ready to return the uranium confiscated from the French
🇳🇬 Nigeria
— Nigerian company loses asset in Equatorial Guinea
— Dangote Refinery reaches its design capacity for the first time
— US lawmakers introduce a bill claiming that Chinese illegal miners are paying Fulani militant groups
🇿🇦 South Africa
— Mining Indaba Conference concludes in Cape Town
🌍 Global
— State Department reveals the US strategy for Africa
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