Barrick Gold, the second largest gold mining company globally, has said it is considering stopping production at its mine in Mali if the ban on shipments was not lifted. According to North African media the company made “the threat in reaction to measures by Bamako authorities to renegotiate the permit in order to have a bigger share of operations in the gold mine.” Mali and other military-ruled states in the Sahel have pushed for renegotiating deals with western mine operators, surfing on a wave of anti-western sentiment.
Libyan writer and politician Samir Shegwara has been arrested on national security charges after publishing documents that allegedly link Libya’
Drastic funding cuts at the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), triggered by the Trump administration, have halted critical health programs
Jaouhar Ben Mbarek, a Tunisian opposition figure arrested in February 2023 on state conspiracy charges, has begun a hunger strike,
According to reporting by Africa Intelligence, while France's army in Senegal is due to leave the country by
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