The “Old” and the “New” ANC Set to Clash in Choice of New Leader on Sunday South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) expects to announce Jacob Zuma’s successor as party leader on Sunday, a spokesman said, concluding a bruising leadership battle that threatens to tear it apart before a 2019 election. The…
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Post-Sanctions Sudan Dangles $10bn to Lure Back Investors: Will They Come? Post-Sanctions Sudan is hoping to entice investors to bring in about $10bn to the country, following the end of sanctions. The question is: Will they come? Sudan’s president is wanted for crimes against humanity, the economy has lost much of its oil…
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What the South African Chamber of Mines Says About Mining Sector Will Surprise You The South African Chamber of Mines (SACM) is not happy about the policy and regulatory environment of the mining industry and has ideas about what must be done. This understatement is clearly the message of its juts published report entitled “What…
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Cobalt Outlook 2018: Another Strong Year Ahead? Interest in the cobalt market continued to rise in 2017, but what is the cobalt outlook for the year ahead? Analysts share their thoughts here. This time last year, cobalt, a key component of the lithium-ion batteries used to power electric vehicles (EVs), was expected to shine. Now that…
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5 Top Copper News Stories of 2017 Which copper news stood out to investors the most in 2017? We run through our five most popular articles of the year in this overview. Copper had a slow start to the year, but gained traction in the third quarter, passing the $7,000-per-tonne mark in September. Since then, the red…
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What To Do About China’s “Sharp Power” This week our cover examines China’s “sharp power”—the tactics it uses to coerce and manipulate opinion abroad. As China rises, it wants to shape the world to suit its interests. Sharp power is pervasive, breeds self-censorship and is hard to pin down. It is also hard for…
DetailsCongo’s Slide Into Chaos–How a State Fails By Stuart A. Reid ESSAYJanuary/February 2018 On January 16, 2001, the Democratic Republic of the Congo tumbled into uncertainty. The country’s president, Laurent Kabila, had been sitting in his office at his marble palace in Kinshasa, the capital, when one of his teenage bodyguards entered, drew his pistol, aimed…
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Nigeria Wants $21bn It Hasn’t Bothered to Collect From Offshore Oil Companies Since 1993 Nigeria wants deep offshore oil companies to pay at least $21 billion, money that oil-rich but chronically mismanaged country says oil companies owe but has not bothered to collect since 1993. The situation may soon change if the government succeeds…
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Will DR Congo Finally Face Down Miners’ Pressure Again Over Revised Code? The air is rife again with speculations over whether the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo will again succumb to pressure by mining companies that proposed changes to the mining code adopted by the lower house of parliament last week would do lasting damage to…
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Just How Crazy Has the Cryptocurrency Bubble Become? The bubbles are many–and this new viz shows how quickly the latest have ballooned. BY JESUS DIAZ There’s nothing really surprising in the data behind this animated chart spotted on r/DataIsBeautiful showing four years of cryptocurrency sales. Yet it’s still pretty crazy to see the number of cryptocurrencies and their valuation…
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