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Zambia: Largest copper mine dodges liquidation

The firm will enjoy "a renewed financing commitment towards investment in mine development and to increase production," mining minister Paul Kabuswe said.

French deputy vows to keep social house despite huge salary

Defending herself against criticism from rightwing parties, Rachel Keke said she didn't consider being a parliamentarian as a career. Assembly legislators in France receive a salary of €7,043.69 per month and several other benefits

USA: A museum displays inventions that flopped to overcome stigma of failure

Travelling Museum of failure opened in the USA on Sep. 08. It featurs over 150 products and services that ultimately failed and for some of them eventually paved the way for other great inventions.

Africa refines its demands for the climate: financing, debt and taxes

Financing of renewable energies, reform of the international financial system and carbon taxes, the first African summit on the climate drew up this week in Nairobi the list of the demands of Africa to lighten the financial burden of the fight against ...

G20: positive signals on the integration of the African Union

The African Union (AU) seems well on its way to becoming a permanent member of the G20, several officials suggested Friday, on the eve of a summit of this organization bringing together the largest developed and emerging economies on the planet.

Mali: Gao military camp targeted by suicide attack

A Malian army camp was targeted by a suicide attack in Gao on Friday, the day after a double attack blamed on jihadists which killed at least 64 civilians and soldiers in the north, where tension is growing day by day.

Mali: 49 civilians and 15 soldiers killed in two attacks on a boat and an army base

The attack comes after an al-Qaeda-linked alliance, the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM), announced last month that it was blockading Timbuktu, the historic crossroads city of northern Mali.

Ugandan leader asks churches, mosques to block ‘strangers’

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has spoken out about the importance of staying alert due to terrorism threats.

The United States repositions its troops in Niger

The United States has begun "as a precaution" to reposition its troops in Niger, the scene of a coup d'état at the end of July, the Pentagon announced Thursday.