The Malagasy parliament voted, on December 13, 2017, a law on the legal framework of land registration and ownership. A vote which falls in line with the government’s desire to improve land management across the island. According to L’Express de Madagascar, “this law aims to handle, among others, the management of titled properties, buildings’ registration processes, land...

Katanga Mining has announced this week the coming online of the first train of its new whole ore leach (WOL) processing facility at its KCC’s copper and cobalt mine, in DRC. The first copper cathode was produced on December 11, 2017. In September 2015, the KCC’s copper and cobalt production was halted pending the construction of the WOL project. The firm now affirms that commissioning will...

“Over these past months, the government has been putting much pressure on media. Many media were forcefully suspended, while journalists were arrested and abused. Complaints were filed against the abusers and we hope the Guinean jurisdictions would be able to do justice to the abused,” said Clea Kahn-Sriber, the head of Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) Africa, in an interview given yesterday...

In Madagascar, all wills and sales deeds will soon be recorded in a single registry to “combat scammers”. This initiative is led by the Island’s ministry of Justice and its Chamber of Notaries. “A decree for the creation of a registry at the national chamber of notaries will be soon issued. Notaries must report all declaration of wills and deeds for the sales of lands or other...

The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, will allocate between 2018 and 2020, $300 million to agricultural research in African and East Asian nations which are weakened by the global warming. This was disclosed yesterday by the foundation on the sidelines of the “One Planet Summit” held in Paris on the initiative of France’s President, Emmanuel Macron. In details, the organization will...

It’s officially recorded. As scheduled by the National Elections Commission of Liberia (NEC), the finals between George Weah and the Vice President Joseph Boakai will take place on December 26, 2017. Jerome Korkoya, chairman of NEC, gave the starting signal for the presidential campaign which will end on December 24 at midnight. This finals, initially supposed to be held on November 7 have...

On Monday, December 6, the IMF’s executive board approved a 3-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility for Mauritania. The arrangement is for 115.92 million Special Drawing Rights (SDRs); this equals to $163.9 million. It will support the economic and financial reforms program in the country. The board’s decision enables an immediate disbursement of 16.56 million SDRs...

Today and tomorrow, respectively December 13th and 14th, Dakar, Senegal’s capital, will host an interactive workshop on impact data related to the use and occupation of lands, Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (APS) reported quoting a statement. Organized by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) West Africa, the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control (CILSS) and...

Sula Iron & Gold, which operates the Ferensola project in Sierra Leone, has announced this week that it has acquired a 70% interest in a cobalt exploration license in DRC. The move cost the firm $100,000, half of which it has already paid. “We are very excited to announce this significant addition to the company’s strategy and exploration activities,” said Roger Murphy, CEO of the...

In Uganda, the Karuma hydropower dam could be no more delivered by December 2018, as initially announced, The monitor reports.    According to Edward Mutesa, project manager at the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL), a 6-month delay is already recorded, due to various challenges related to the compensation of populations affected by the construction of the...