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Government of Sierra Leone begging bowl mentality is crippling the economy
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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July 26, 2025
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2025: The question that has lingered in the minds of many Sierra Leoneans for far too long: what exactly does Sierra Leone produce that is needed by the world; that is bought by other nations;...
Zijin Mining Leads $500M Bid for Barrick’s Ivory Coast Gold Mine
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 24, 2025
KEY TAKEAWAYS Zijin Mining is front-runner to acquire Barrick’s Tongon gold mine in Ivory Coast. The asset is valued up to $500M, with operations likely ending by 2027. China’s mining investments in Africa exceed $50B since 2010. Barrick is...
China's Zijin in lead to buy Barrick’s Ivory Coast Tongon gold mine: sources
Times LIVE
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Its interest in Tongon comes after Chinese state-owned enterprises have invested more than $50bn (R880.91bn) in African mining projects since 2010, with a strong focus on bauxite, copper, cobalt, and gold. One of the sources, a mining industry...
African borrowers are regaining access to international capital markets - Citigroup
Business Insider Africa
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July 28, 2025
African governments and companies are beginning to regain access to international capital markets, offering a renewed chance to diversify funding sources after years of being effectively shut out, according to Citigroup Inc. “With rates coming...
China’s Zijin ‘preferred buyer’ for Barrick’s Ivory Coast gold mine
BusinessLIVE
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Dakar — China’s Zijin Mining is the front-runner to acquire Barrick Mining’s Tongon gold mine in northern Ivory Coast for as much as $500m, two sources close to the matter said. Barrick, the world’s third-largest gold producer, is pivoting towards...
Ivory Coast issues debut Samurai bond in diversification push
Times LIVE
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Ivory Coast has raised 50-billion Japanese yen (R5.99bn) in an ESG-certified sovereign Samurai bond, it said late on Thursday, the first such issuance by a sub-Saharan African nation. Samurai bonds are debt denominated in the Japanese currency....
Aurum Resources: Expanding gold resources in Côte d'Ivoire’s...
Proactive Australia
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July 23, 2025
Côte d'Ivoire has long been recognised as a gold-rich territory, with its Birimian greenstone belt stretching across much of the country, packed with gold-bearing rocks that have already produced some of West Africa’s most lucrative discoveries....
Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Reports
Investing News Network
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July 31, 2025
Figure 1: Location Map Yakassé Gold Project Key Highlights Kobo has entered into an earn-in agreement (the "Geoservices Earn-In Agreement") on a permit application with GEOSERVICES CI SA ("Geoservices"), a local Ivorian exploration company based...
WAFU B U20: Flying Eagles eye win against Ivory Coast
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 22, 2025
Nigeria’s U20 boys national team, the Flying Eagles, are bracing for their toughest test yet as they prepare to face the rampaging Young Elephants of Côte d’Ivoire in the final of the WAFU B U20 Boys Tournament on Wednesday in Accra, Ghana. The...
Reprieve as Trump Spares Kenya in Latest White House Order
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 1, 2025
Kenyan exporters can breathe a sigh of relief after the United States spared them from the sweeping tariffs imposed on imports to the US from several countries across the continent and the world. President Donald Trump's administration on...
Who’s included in Trump’s latest round of adjusted tariffs?
Al Jazeera
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August 1, 2025
US President Donald Trump set the following rates by region in his executive order on Thursday, titled “Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates”: Africa list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4list 2 of 4list 3 of 4list 4 of 4end of list Algeria 30%...
NARA partners with Côte d'Ivoire ministry to develop animal feed standards
Feed Strategy
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July 21, 2025
The North American Renderers Association (NARA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Animal and Fishery Resources (MIRAH) of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire to establish formal collaboration on animal feed and rendering...
Trump Revises Tariffs: India Remains At 25%, Pak's Rate Slashed At 19%. Full List Of US Tariff Rates
Asianet Newsable
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August 1, 2025
India has been slapped with a 25 per cent "Reciprocal Tariff, Adjusted", one of the higher rates among key US trading partners.US President Donald Trump on Thursday issued an Executive Order further modifying reciprocal tariff rates, building upon...
'New lens on old data': Chasing elephants offshore Ivory Coast
Upstream
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Major new project to reprocess big volumes of 3D seismic data from nation's frontier western waters is set to kick off Ivory Coast's Prime Minister, Robert Beugre Mambe, waves as he walks alongside Minister of Petroleum, Mamadou...
Delhi Police busts Rs 100-crore drug syndicate, Cameroonian kingpin arrested
India Today
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July 26, 2025
A major international drug syndicate operating out of Delhi has been busted by the Delhi Police Crime Branch, which has arrested five foreign nationals allegedly linked to the network. The accused are citizens of Nigeria, Cameroon, and Cote...
Ivory Coast courts in the dock over opposition arrests
African Insider
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July 17, 2025
Abidjan – In the run-up to Ivory Coast’s October presidential election at least seven government critics have found themselves behind bars, in what experts have called a government push to silence the opposition. With the west African country...
France Returns Djidji Ayôkwé To Côte D’ivoire. Will Britain ...
Modern Ghana
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The French National Assembly has finally approved on 7 July 2025 the restitution to Côte d'Ivoire of the talking drum Djidji Ayôkwé, which the French Army stole from the Ebrie people in 1916. (1) The ten-foot-long and 430- kilogram drum was used...
France to return sacred drum to Ivory Coast after parliamentary vote
The Standard
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France to return sacred drum to Ivory Coast after parliamentary vote [Courtesy/RFI] The French Parliament last week voted to return Ivory Coast’s sacred royal drum, which was looted by French colonial troops in 1916. Known as the Djidji Ayôkwé and...
Meet the 10 star players you must watch at Abidjan 2025
FIBA Basketball
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ABIDJAN (Cote d'Ivoire) - Wondering who the best players heading to Abidjan for the 2025 Women's AfroBasket are? There are many that are worth your time, but we picked ten players you must at the Abidjan 2025 showpiece. In no particular order,...
Agricultural strides of Bassey Otu’s administration
The Sun Nigeria
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August 1, 2025
There is no gainsaying that Nigeria after oil will depend so much on the harnessing of its agricultural potential. The realization of this goal is possible if state governments invest heavily in agriculture, especially in those cash and food crops...