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Top Headlines
- Nigeria: How Agric Business Is Replacing Plateau's Diminishing Mining Economy (Daily Trust)
- Liberia: Bong Mines Former Workers to Resist China Union (Inquirer)
- Zimbabwe: KPCS Clears Zim Diamond Exports (The Herald)
- Tanzania: Mantra Tanzania Takes Uranium Sensitization Drive to Songea (Daily News)
- Zimbabwe: Women Urged to Venture in Lucrative Mining (The Herald)
- Zimbabwe: Sanctions Stifle Free Diamond Trade (The Herald)
- Zimbabwe: Zim Polishing Diamonds (The Herald)
- Tanzania: Govt Vows to Boost Small-Scale Mining (Daily News)
- Africa: Kofi Annan: The World Must Tackle Corruption in Africa's Oil, Gas, and Mining (Africa Progress Panel)
- Namibia: Govermentt Buys Ten Percent Stake in Husab (Namibian)
- Kenya: African Consumer Will Drive Some Global Growth (The Star)
- Namibia: Arandis Expo to Woo Investors (New Era)
- Namibia: Rössing Reaches Wage Deal With Employees (New Era)
- Zimbabwe: Mwana Upbeat About Trojan (The Herald)
- Zimbabwe: Ambush On Zim Escalates Tensions (The Herald)
- Nigeria: Lagos House Warns Against Hawking of Petrol (Vanguard)
- Egypt: Planning Minister - 190,000 Feddans in Alamein to Be Demined (Egypt Online)
- Nigeria: Ecological Fund for Zamfara's Future (Vanguard)
- Africa: Kimberley Process Meeting May Redefine 'Conflict Diamonds' (State Department)
- Tanzania: NGO Wants Uranium Mining Halted (Daily News)
- Zimbabwe: SA Drums Up Support for Zim Diamonds (The Herald)
- South Africa: Bosses Not Ready for Workers - AMCU (SAPA)
- South Africa: Marikana Commission - Weapons That Kill and a Row Over Subpoenas (Daily Maverick)
- Namibia: Sandpiper Mining Under Scrutiny (New Era)
- Nigeria: Senate to Recover 'Unspent' N17 Billion Coal Fund From Power Ministry (This Day)
- South Africa: Marikana Commission - AMCU President Flays NUM (Daily Maverick)
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