By Amel Emric and Daria Sito-Sucic VARES, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 6 (Reuters) – A new silver, lead and barite mine offered hope to the small town of Vares, in mountainous central Bosnia, when it opened in 2024. After decades of economic decline, new roads and houses were built, cafes and restaurants filled up, and the…
KINSHASA, April 28 (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it is not funding any security units tasked with policing or guarding mines in Democratic Republic of Congo after Kinshasa announced plans to launch a paramilitary force to secure mining sites. Congo’s General Inspectorate of Mines (IGM) said in a statement on Monday that…
BAMAKO, April 26 (Reuters) – Sustained gunfire rang out in a garrison town near Mali’s capital on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, a day after an al Qaeda affiliate and Tuareg rebels carried out one of the largest coordinated attacks in the country in recent years. The gunfire in the town of Kati suggested that…
LAGOS, April 20 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s broadcast regulator has barred radio and television presenters from airing personal opinions, intimidating guests or broadcasting divisive political content, warning of sanctions ahead of the 2027 general elections. Africa’s largest democracy goes to the polls in January following past election cycles marred by misinformation and sporadic violence. In a…
DAKAR, April 17 (Reuters) – The first migrants deported from the United States under a recent bilateral agreement arrived in Democratic Republic of Congo early on Friday, according to one of the migrants, a lawyer in contact with the group and two airport sources. The plane carrying the deportees — from Colombia, Peru and Ecuador…
ALMATY, April 10 (Reuters) – Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the president of Kazakhstan, said on Friday that a parliamentary election in the resource-rich Central Asian country would take place in August, but stopped short of naming an exact date. Kazakhs in March voted overwhelmingly in favour of adopting a new constitution to streamline the country’s parliament and…
Islamabad, Pakistan – When meeting United States President Donald Trump in the Oval Office in September, Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, opened a briefcase with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif standing next to him. Inside were a set of glistening minerals. Their display was part of Pakistan’s latest offer to the Trump administration: The…
Tokyo proclaims Pacific Ocean mission world’s first attempt to tap rare earths at such a depth. Published On 2 Feb 20262 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Japan has announced the discovery of rare earth elements at record sea depths. The government said on Monday that a deep-sea test mission…
US President Donald Trump sees Greenland as a United States national security priority to deter Washington’s “adversaries in the Arctic region”, according to a White House statement released on Tuesday. The statement came days after Trump told reporters that the US needs Greenland from a national security perspective because it is “covered with Russian and…
In 2025, cloud mining is no longer reserved for professionals with expensive mining rigs. Thanks to the rise of mobile cloud mining apps, anyone can now start earning crypto directly from their smartphone—without buying hardware or learning complex setups. These new-generation apps make Bitcoin and altcoin mining simpler, greener, and fully automated. Users only need…