Burkina Faso's ruling military junta has granted a new gold mining licence to the Russian firm Nordgold, according to the minutes of a cabinet meeting seen by AFP on Friday.

Burkina Faso’s military-led government has granted an industrial mining license to Russian company Nordgold for a new gold ...

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Burkina Faso has awarded an industrial mining licence to Russian company Nordgold for the Niou gold deposit, aiming to boost ...

Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalise on record-high gold prices to ...

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Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an indigenous and staple crop in sub-Saharan Africa, but it has an enemy: an insect called the ...

An admission has been made on April 23 by the Government of Benin that 54 soldiers lost their lives in a recent assault by ...

British rapper and Burna Boy's former girlfriend, Stefflon Don, has called President Ibrahim Traore, the real giant of Africa ...

Benin’s government has confirmed that 54 soldiers were killed in an attack by Islamist militias in the northern border region ...