Africa Gateway: logistics corridor North Africa-Sub-Saharan Africa

Posted on October 4, 2025 Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) October 4, 2025 – Africa Gateway, a trade and logistics corridor extending from North Africa deep into the heart of Sub-Saharan Africa is designed to link Tunisia, via Libya, with several...

Extremists trading guns for gold in Upper East mining communities — CSOs

Violent extremist groups from Burkina Faso are allegedly fueling insecurity in northern Ghana by trading guns for gold in illegal mining communities in the Upper East Region. The growing menace, security observers warn, is worsening violent crime...

Ivory Coast grants 11 new mining permits to boost exploration

Ivory Coast said it has granted 11 new mining exploration permits to local and international companies for gold, cobalt and copper, as the world's top cocoa producer seeks to attract further investment in its booming mining sector as it...

EXCLUSIVE: Burkina Faso Land Grabbing Report ‘Deliberately Withheld’ to Protect Politicians, Anti-Corruption Group Says

A parliamentary report on links between a housing crisis and property development practices in Burkina Faso was “deliberately withheld” to protect members of the former ruling party, according to a leading anti-corruption group in the West African...

Russian Nuclear Energy Diplomacy; New Fano Offensive in Ethiopia: Africa File, October 2, 2025

To receive the weekly Africa File or triweekly Congo War Security Review via email, please subscribe here. Follow CTP on X, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. Key Takeaways: Russia. Russia signed an agreement with Ethiopia to construct a nuclear power plant....

World’s top cocoa producer, Ivory Coast, expands its gold ambitions with new mining permits

Ivory Coast has approved 11 new mining exploration permits for gold, cobalt, and copper as the world’s top cocoa producer pushes to diversify its economy and attract fresh investment into its growing mining sector. The permits were announced on...

GAF AG to upgrade Burkina Faso’s mining cadastre system (eMC+)

GAF AG, an e-GEOS (Telespazio/ASI) company, has been awarded a World Bank-funded contract to modernise and expand Burkina Faso’s mining cadastre system eMC+ within the framework of the Support to Land and Mining Management Strengthening Project...

Pitcher Showcase Lagos celebrates African creativity, honours industry leaders

The creative industry gathered for the Pitcher Showcase Lagos, a vibrant celebration of African excellence in marketing communications. The event featured a curated exhibition, the official presentation of the Pitcher Special Awards, and...

How to Protect Democracy: Senegal Elects a New President

On Mar. 24, 2024, Bassirou Diomaye Faye won the Senegal presidential election with over 54% of the popular vote. Less than two weeks prior, Faye and his prime minister pick, Ousmane Sonko, were in prison, serving their respective sentences. The...

Port inefficiencies stifling competitiveness – Chamber of Shipping

Persistent congestion, high costs and operational inefficiencies at Ghana’s seaports are undermining trade and investment and weakening the country’s competitiveness, according to Jemilat Mahamah, Vice President of the Ghana Chamber of Shipping....

Egypt’s Renewable Energy Buildout Continues as First Utility-Scale Solar-Plus-Storage Facility Comes Online

Egypt is among the Middle Eastern countries looking to accelerate the growth of renewable energy. The country was among the first in Africa to embrace renewables; Egypt had brought 555 MW of wind power generation online as early as 2012....

Is the International Order Tilting Toward an Era of Permanent Tensions?

The war in Ukraine, with more than 500,000 military and civilian casualties according to Western estimates, has reintroduced to European soil the brutal logic of high-intensity warfare that many believed consigned to the 20th century. At the same...

BII invests $20m in hardest-to-reach Africa energy access expansion initiative

UK development finance institution British International Investment (BII) has committed $20-million to impact investment organisation Acumen’s Hardest-to-Reach (H2R) Initiative to help expand access to affordable, reliable and clean energy in...

Golconda Gold: Advancing Gold Production in Tier 1 Gold Jurisdictions in South Africa and the US

Investor Insight Sarama Resources offers a compelling investment opportunity driven by a +US$120 million fully-funded arbitration claim and two belt-scale gold projects encompassing 1,000 sq km of the Cosmo-Newbery and Jutson Rocks Greenstone...

Burkina Faso’s Media Images Far Different From Harsh Reality

Burkina Faso media overflows these days with the amazing achievements of junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traoré: the country has repaid its foreign debt, built new low-cost housing, and he discovered a new source of oil. The reality is quite different....

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger jointly announce their withdraw

The three member states of the Alliance of Sahel States have announced their immediate withdrawal from the Rome Statute and the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing the ICC of practising “selective justice”. The declaration was made...

Scaling successes in sustainable agriculture

The Food Securities Fund (FSF) is an example of how targeted financial innovation can unlock financing for more sustainable and just agriculture. Developed and implemented by Clarmondial with support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF)...

Cotton for Tomorrow: From Farm to Fashion with Farmers’ Hope

Dr. Md Fakhre Alam Ibne Tabib Former Executive Director Cotton Development Board, Bangladesh Cotton, often called the “white gold,” is far more than a simple agricultural product. It is a vital global commodity cultivated by millions of...

PETER LEON: What SA can learn from Saudi Arabia’s mining success

With SA’s new mining cadastral system delayed yet again until October (and then only initially for the Western Cape), after originally being promised in 2021, delays in the mineral licensing system remain endemic. In 2023/24, the department of...

Agriculture Expert Challenges Colonial Farming Legacy

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) releases Episode 7 of “The Battle for African Agriculture” podcast, featuring Professor William G. Moseley in a transformative conversation about decolonizing agricultural practices across the...