New investment revives colonial-era route, raising questions over real economic gains.

Two multi-billion dollar rail projects in Africa. One headed west, the other east. One backed by Western countries, the other ...

Canadian explorer Midnight Sun Mining (TSXV: MMA) just released an initial resource in the heart of the Zambian-Congo ...

Donald Trump may have spent months berating South Africa’s government over its policies, but that did not stop him from ...

Italian premier Giorgia Meloni hopes on Friday to cement her status as one of the bridges between Europe and Africa, as ...

Africa’s vast critical-mineral endowment has thrust the continent to the centre of intensifying rivalries between the United ...

By Karin Strohecker and Marc Jones LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo wants to make its ...

On Feb 4, the U.S. hosted the Critical Minerals Ministerial, a summit bringing together delegations from more than 50 countries, including seven African countries, with the aim of securing access to ...

The supply chain for coltan and other strategic minerals is long, opaque and deliberately fragmented. Each layer adds ...

A minerals-for-security deal between the United States and the Democratic Republic of Congo is facing a constitutional challenge in Kinshasa, with critics warning the government may be underselling ...

The Least Developed Countries Report 2025, released by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on 10 February, finds that services are expanding rapidly across least developed countries. However, growth is ...