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🌐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 #NewsDigest ✈️ Stay informed - @devilsbelow

🌐Weekly News Digest [ February 23 – March 1 ] That was a week when some rules were reset overnight, and others were neglected outright. 💡But what exactly happened? 🌍 Global — US President Trump ordered strikes on Iran — Anglo American marks down De Beers to $2.3bn as African states eye bids 🇨🇩 DR Congo — Kolwezi nosebleed cases spotlight Ruashi Mining amid a land-rights dispute 🇬🇭 Ghana — Ghana’s GoldBod targets 127 tonnes a year in artisanal gold purchases 🇲🇼 Malawi — Sovereign Metals names US Traxys as future trader for Malawi’s graphite 🇳🇬 Nigeria — Nigeria’s Gas Shortfalls Blamed for Constant Blackouts 🇸🇴 Somalia — Somaliland offers the US mineral access and military bases in exchange for recognition — Turkey builds a naval base in Somalia as offshore gas drilling plans accelerate 🇿🇦 South Africa — Ekapa diamond miner presumes five trapped workers dead and files for liquidation 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe bans exports of raw ores and lithium concentrates effective immediately — Chinese firms start announcing new lithium factories in Zimbabwe #NewsDigest ✈️Stay informed - @devilsbelow

🌐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 #NewsDigest ➡️ Follow to stay informed - @devilsbelow

🌐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 #NewsDigest ➡️ Follow to stay informed - @devilsbelow

🌐Weekly News Digest [ January 26 – February 1 ] That was a week of bribery charges and expansion of extraction activities across the whole continent. 💡Here are the key highlights: 🇩🇿 Algeria — Algeria’s minister for hydrocarbons visits Chad and Niger 🇨🇬 Congo — Two Norwegians and an oil company charged with bribing Congo’s president 🇨🇩 DR Congo — The leader of the AFC/M23 critisizes the US-DRC strategic agreement on access to minerals — More than 200 killed in a collapse at the AFC/M23-controlled Rubaya coltan mines in eastern DRC 🇱🇷 Liberia — Liberia ratified an agreement with the Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal, extending the company’s rights to the Tokadeh iron deposit until 2075 🇲🇱 Mali — China’s largest mining company, Zijin buys Canadian company Allied Gold 🇲🇬 Madagascar — Madagascar has lifted its 2010 moratorium on new mining permits, except for gold 🇲🇿 Mozambique — TotalEnergies officially resume the Mozambique LNG project 🇳🇬 Nigeria — Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu grants tax incentives to speed up Shell’s Bonga South West oil project — TotalEnergies sells its 10% stake in a Nigerian oil asset to a brand new local firm — A bribery trial of a former Nigerian minister of petroleum opens in London 🇸🇩 Sudan — Sudan seeks closer alignment with Saudi Arabia, including gold refinement 🇿🇲 Zambia — Zambia’s army carries out a full-fledged military operation around a gold deposit in the northwest of the country 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe — Illegal miners blamed for water supply disruptions in Zimbabwe's second largest city — Zimbabwe starts early implementation of increased royalties on gold mining #NewsDigest ➡️ Follow to stay informed - @devilsbelow

🌐Weekly News Digest [ January 12 – January 18 ] That was a week full of DRCongo's attempts to indulge its American partners. 💡Here are the key highlights: 🇧🇯 Benin — Singapore-based company will launch oil production at a 56-year old oil field 🇨🇩 DR Congo — DRC to Send 100,000 Tonnes of Copper to the US — DRC is preparing to send the US a list of mineral projects for American investors to take over — State company Gécamines proposes a deal to obtain a mining company, whose sale it has been blocking 🇬🇭 Ghana — Ghana is considering ending contracts that allow companies to keep legacy royalty and tax rates 🇲🇱 Mozambique — The Migration Service detained 5 Chinese and other foreign nationals for informal gold mining and unlawful stay 🇳🇬 Nigeria — Former Warlord Buys American Drones to Hunt for Oil Thieves in Nigeria 🇸🇩 Sudan — 10 Killed in a Collapse of Five Gold Mines in South Kordofan 🇿🇲 Zambia — Two Zambian workers died on January 13 at Mopani Copper Mines’ shaft in Kitwe 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe — Harare creates a monopoly on rehabilitation of rivers polluted by gold mining — The government is taking back a gold mine from a local football club #NewsDigest ➡️ Follow to stay informed - @devilsbelow

🌐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 #NewsDigest ➡️ Follow to stay informed - @devilsbelow

🌐Weekly News Digest [ December 22 – December 28 ] That was a week of delays, resumptions and terminations of resource projects. 💡Here are the key highlights: 🇨🇩 DR Congo - DRC bans processing units from accepting ore from artisanal miners 🇬🇦 Gabon - Gabon announces an audit of the mining sector 🇬🇭 Ghana - Ghana’s only oil refinery resumes operations after years of downtime 🇬🇼 Guinea - Guinea is planning its first mining conference 🇲🇼 Malawi - An Australian company delays its niobium project 🇲🇿 Mozambique - President and TotalEnergies clash over Cabo Delgado gas project schedule 🇳🇪 Niger - Niger’s exports exceed imports, driven by oil 🇳🇬 Nigeria - Nigeria to resume oil exploration in Ogoniland 🇸🇩 Sudan - China’s CNPC is seeking to terminate its oil contracts amid war #NewsDigest ➡️ Follow to stay informed - @devilsbelow

🌐Weekly News Digest on West & Central Africa’s Mineral Industries [ October 27 – November 3 ] The week was rich in ministerial rearrangements and efforts to rein in major mining companies. 💡Here are the key highlights: 🏦Afreximbank - Afreximbank's New Chair Announced Support For Domestic Mineral Processing 🇦🇴Angola - Angola Plans to Give Shell Exclusive Rights 🇨🇩DR Congo - The DRC Arranged For $660M of Guarantees From UK Export Finance 🇬🇭Ghana - Ghana to Decentralize Gold Licensing - Ghana to Launch Comprehensive Review of Major Miners 🇱🇷 Liberia - Liberia's President Replaced Mines Minister to Attract American Investments 🇲🇱Mali - World Bank's Arbitration Court Refused to Fast-Track Barrick vs Mali 🇳🇦Namibia - Namibian President Dismissed the Minister of Mines and Assumed the Post Herself 🇳🇪Niger - Niger Forced China's Oil Giant to Hire More Locals 🇳🇬Nigeria - Nigeria Tries Again to Revitalize Its Aliminium Smelter - Nigeria Imposed Additinal 15% Tax on Fuel Imports 🇹🇿 Tanzania - Post-election Unrest Disrupted Shipments Through Dar es Salaam Port #NewsDigest Devils Below