Rwanda’s Trinity Metals is considering a listing in New York as a sharp rise in tungsten prices allows the miner to raise capital and accelerate its expansion.
Saudi Arabia urgently needs military assistance to counter escalating attacks from Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The kingdom initially turned to the U.S. and Egypt, seeking direct defense support. However, both Washington and Cairo did not commit to direct combat operations inside Yemen. Instead, Saudi...
Morocco and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are expanding their bilateral defense alliance following high-level military discussions held in Rabat.
Jorge Ganoza grew up in a family that had spent four generations in mining, but in 2004 he decided to build something of his own. Starting Fortuna with two associates, 34 people and what he called “big aspirations,” he spent 16 years building the company across Latin America before making a $1.5 bil...
The Indian defense company, Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWEIL), via the recent Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2026 exhibition, may have just found its entry point into the African market.
Lockheed Martin has completed the first flight of Morocco’s first F-16 Block 72 fighter jet, moving the aircraft closer to delivery under a programme valued at about $3.8 billion.
Indian customs authorities are investigating a surge in soybean imports declared as originating in Niger amid suspicions that some cargoes may have come from neighbouring Nigeria and been relabelled to avoid a 45% import tariff.
Egypt has finalized a new energy agreement securing a minimum investment of $88 million from U.S. energy giant Chevron to explore for crude oil and natural gas in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Zimbabwean state-owned mining company Mutapa Platinum Group has secured $100 million to develop its Darwendale project.
The African Union will launch Africa’s first homegrown credit rating agency on Wednesday, seeking to provide an alternative to the global agencies that dominate the continent’s credit ratings market as high debt burdens continue to weigh on African economies.
Russia is positioning itself to play a bigger role in solving West Africa’s electricity problems, offering Togo and Niger gas turbine power plants at a time when both countries still rely on imported electricity.
Abu Dhabi-based International Resources Holdings has approached Kenmare Resources about a possible takeover, potentially adding one of Mozambique’s largest mineral-sands operations to its growing African mining portfolio.