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Niger's self-appointed military government has temporarily suspended the granting of new mining licences and ordered an audit of the sector, the mines ministry said.... -January 25, 2024 at 03:33 am EST - MarketScreener
BAMAKO -The death toll from last week's accident at an artisanal gold mine in southwest Mali has risen to more than 70, state radio said on Thursday.... -January 25, 2024 at 10:31 am EST - MarketScreener
BAMAKO -The death toll from last week's accident at an artisanal gold mine in southwest Mali has risen to more than 70, state radio said on Thursday.... -January 25, 2024 at 10:31 am EST - MarketScreener
More than 40 artisanal gold miners were killed in southwest Mali last week after the shaft they were working in collapsed, Mali's mines ministry said on Wednesday....
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday pledged $45 million in additional financing to help fight conflict and bring stability to coastal West Africa, where insecurity linked to jihadist insurgencies has increased in recent years. Blinken is on the second stop of a four-nation tour of Africa taking him to Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Angola from Jan. 21-26. Security challenges in West Africa, the fallout of a coup in Niger last year and Russia's growing influence in the region are among key topics during Blinken's trip.