🌐Weekly News Digest [ March 2 – March 8 ]
That was a week when a wider Gulf war sent oil prices jumping, while Central Africa’s mineral struggle spilled into sanctions and landslides.
💡...And here are more key highlights:
🇨🇩 DR Congo
— A landslide at the Rubaya mine leaves hundreds of people dead
— A third Rubaya-area landslide in 38 days hits Gakombe after heavy rains
🇬🇭 Ghana
— Ghana faces joint US-China pressure to drop a 5%-12% gold royalty scale
🇳🇪 Niger
— Niger cancels three gold-refinery agreements after repeated alleged contract breaches
🇳🇬 Nigeria
— Nigeria signs a $1.3bn alumina refinery pact with AFC
— Ogoniland groups say oil restart must wait for cleanup and justice
🇷🇼 Rwanda
— The US sanctions Rwanda’s army and four officers over support for M23
🇿🇦 South Africa
— South Africa expands illegal-mining raids and lines up military support
🇿🇲 Zambia
— Kasumbalesa bridge collapse cuts Congo’s main copper export route to southern ports
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
— A Zimbabwe court jails a Chinese mine supervisor five years over a gold panner’s killing
🌍 Global
— Oil prices jump 12% as Gulf escalation triggers fuel-supply fears
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