The African countries to monitor in 2022

As Africa enters its third year of COVID-19, the long-predicted ripple effects of the pandemic are coming to bear on its political structures. The myriad impacts – including peaks in the cost of living and unemployment – will fundamentally alter the political landscape across the continent over 2022. At AML, we will be closely monitoring…

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DRC responsible cobalt initiative needs breakthrough on mine access

An initiative backed by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to foster responsible cobalt mining needs to find a breakthrough in the face of resistance from vested interests. The government is supporting the responsible sourcing standard developed by state-owned Entreprise Générale du Cobalt (EGC) with global commodity trading firm Trafigura as industry…

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