Rebels in southern Senegal say an Australian company’s plans to mine for zircon, a rare mineral used for making mobile phones and nuclear power plants, amounts to “an act of war”.
Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from the village of Niafarang in the Casamance region, where many say the mining will affect an area already feeling the brunt of climate change.
Four Environmental Civil Society Organisation has sent a strong signal to all mining companies bidding for the bauxite mining in the Atewa Forest that the prospect of bauxite mining in the legally protected forest is highly contested. The organizations namely Friends of the Earth-Ghana, A Rocha Ghana, the Concerned Citizens…
A Rocha Ghana, an environmental Non-governmental Organisation has urgently reminded all investors and mining companies – especially the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) ‘preferred strategic partner’ – that the Atewa Forest is a no-go area for bauxite mining. It said any investor or company planning to partner GIADEC in…
The Confederation of African Football (CAF), after an executive meeting on September 10th, has come out to declare that the Beach Soccer African Cup of Nation's finals would be held in Dakar-Senegal. The finalists would represent Africa at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup "Russia 2021". Senegal are record 5…
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