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South Africa’s finance minister pledges more funds in his latest budget to ease the nation’s energy crisis.
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The company that owns one of Ghana’s biggest gold mines is accused of polluting rivers and intimidating locals
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Africa’s economic outlook is improving after a decade of growth matching global rates, the World Bank says.
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Alcatel-Lucent wins the undersea internet cable project to give Kenya better links with the world.
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An investment bank launches sub-Saharan Africa’s first financial index, citing “investment potential”.
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Rescuers begin hauling some 3,200 miners trapped in a South African mine up to the surface.
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China lends $5bn to DR Congo for some major infrastructure projects in return for mineral exploitation rights.
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A luxury game lodge owned by Sir Richard Branson is at the centre of a land restitution claim in South Africa.
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Nigeria’s justice minister says the redenomination of the national currency has been postponed.
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The son of Congo’s leader fails in his bid to stop an anti-corruption body from publishing his financial records.
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