Zambia

The Husab uranium mine in western Namibia. 11 May 2018. Wu Changwei/Xinhua/REA

multiple agreements

From DRC to Madagascar, Japan weaves its web with critical metals

From exploration to exploitation, Japan has signed a series of contracts with three African countries to secure its supplies of critical minerals.

© Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks to the media at State House in Harare, 27 August 2023. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

his way

Premium badgeA look into Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa’s second term Emmerson Mnangagwa’s family cabinet selection and widespread criticism of Zimbabwe’s sham election indicate the country’s continued diplomatic isolati...
© Locomotive D-133 arrives at the railway station in Benguela, Angola. Opened in 1902, the Caminho de Ferro de Benguela originally ran to Lubumbashi in the Belgian Congo but currently only operates from Lobito. (WikimediaCommons/CC/David Stanley)

Back on track

Premium badgeUS and EU join forces on rail corridor in play for African minerals Western investments in rail links between Angola, DRC and Zambia aim to secure greater access to the raw materials powering the green energy revolutio...
© Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa at his inauguration in Harare, Zimbabwe, 4 September 2023. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

no-show

Zimbabwe: Poor regional president turnout for Mnangagwa’s inauguration Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was inaugurated on Monday for a second presidential term as 13 SADC presidents skipped the event.

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© Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks to the media at State House in Harare, 27 August 2023. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

his way

Premium badgeA look into Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa’s second term Emmerson Mnangagwa’s family cabinet selection and widespread criticism of Zimbabwe’s sham election indicate the country’s continued diplomatic isolati...
© Locomotive D-133 arrives at the railway station in Benguela, Angola. Opened in 1902, the Caminho de Ferro de Benguela originally ran to Lubumbashi in the Belgian Congo but currently only operates from Lobito. (WikimediaCommons/CC/David Stanley)

Back on track

Premium badgeUS and EU join forces on rail corridor in play for African minerals Western investments in rail links between Angola, DRC and Zambia aim to secure greater access to the raw materials powering the green energy revolutio...
CLOSE LINKS: President of DRC, Félix Tshisekedi, Angola’s João Lourenço and Zambia’s Hakainde Hichilema at the ceremony to sign the concession transfer contract for Lobito corridor. © DRC Presidency

Rail revitalisation

Premium badgeDRC: Lobito train corridor will revolutionise mining transport A key railway line, vital for Congolese mineral exports, receives a $250m investment, improving the link between Kolwezi and Angola’s Lobito port.

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© Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks to the media at State House in Harare, 27 August 2023. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

his way

Premium badgeA look into Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa’s second term Emmerson Mnangagwa’s family cabinet selection and widespread criticism of Zimbabwe’s sham election indicate the country’s continued diplomatic isolati...
© Locomotive D-133 arrives at the railway station in Benguela, Angola. Opened in 1902, the Caminho de Ferro de Benguela originally ran to Lubumbashi in the Belgian Congo but currently only operates from Lobito. (WikimediaCommons/CC/David Stanley)

Back on track

Premium badgeUS and EU join forces on rail corridor in play for African minerals Western investments in rail links between Angola, DRC and Zambia aim to secure greater access to the raw materials powering the green energy revolutio...
CLOSE LINKS: President of DRC, Félix Tshisekedi, Angola’s João Lourenço and Zambia’s Hakainde Hichilema at the ceremony to sign the concession transfer contract for Lobito corridor. © DRC Presidency

Rail revitalisation

Premium badgeDRC: Lobito train corridor will revolutionise mining transport A key railway line, vital for Congolese mineral exports, receives a $250m investment, improving the link between Kolwezi and Angola’s Lobito port.

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FILE PHOTO: A truck travels to a depth of 516 metres below the surface to collect ore at the Chibuluma copper mine in the Zambian copperbelt region, January 17, 2015. REUTERS/Rogan Ward

shiny dream

Zambia’s copper fantasy One of Zambia’s key economic policies is based on little more than wishful thinking. 
© People walk in front of the Egyptian Press Syndicate’s headquarters in downtown Cairo, Egypt July 18, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

held incommunicado

Egypt arrests journalist after report on smuggling to Zambia Karim Asaad was apprehended at his home in Greater Cairo early Saturday following questioning over coverage of the case.
CLOSE LINKS: President of DRC, Félix Tshisekedi, Angola’s João Lourenço and Zambia’s Hakainde Hichilema at the ceremony to sign the concession transfer contract for Lobito corridor. © DRC Presidency

Rail revitalisation

Premium badgeDRC: Lobito train corridor will revolutionise mining transport A key railway line, vital for Congolese mineral exports, receives a $250m investment, improving the link between Kolwezi and Angola’s Lobito port.
Joe Biden, US-Africa Leaders Summit

Real talk

Premium badgeAfricans challenge Biden policies at US business summit From industrial policy to AGOA, attendees at the US-Africa Business Summit in Botswana pressed the US to rethink its approach to the continent.
© A general view of the DR Congo’s Inga dam with eight massive turbines, only three of which work. (REUTERS/Marlene Rabaud)

lights on?

Premium badgeInfographics: Southern Africa’s hydroelectric dams, state of play and potential In light of the power crisis in Southern Africa, Presidents Ramaphosa and Tshisekedi urged world leaders in Paris to invest in the Grand Inga Dam.
Artisanal miners work at the Tilwizembe outside of Kolwezi © Artisanal miners at Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine, outside Kolwezi, the capital city of Lualaba province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 11, 2016. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe

Unticking Boxes

Premium badgeAfrican mining needs compulsory human rights due diligence, says NGO Human rights due diligence for critical minerals mining in Africa needs to be mandatory rather than an optional extra, says Joseph Kibugu, regional ma...