Robbie Corey-Boulet
West and Central Africa Bureau Chief at Thomson Reuters
Riyadh bureau chief @AFP | Previously in Ethiopia | [email protected] or DM
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1 week ago |
mining.com | Anaït Miridzhanian |Robbie Corey-Boulet
Ghana has ordered foreigners to exit its gold trading market by the end of the month, a new government body said on Monday, as the West African country looks to streamline gold purchases from small-scale miners, increase earnings and reduce smuggling. Africa’s leading gold producer is shifting away from a system in which local and foreign companies with export licenses can buy and export gold from artisanal or small-scale mining.
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3 weeks ago |
businesslive.co.za | Robbie Corey-Boulet
A convicted war criminal based in Uganda has announced a new rebel movement intent on toppling the government in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) Ituri province, creating another potential security threat in the war-scarred region. The formation of the Convention for the Popular Revolution (CPR) by Thomas Lubanga, an Ituri native, comes as the DRC army faces an unprecedented advance by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels elsewhere in eastern DRC.
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1 month ago |
mining.com | Robbie Corey-Boulet |Christina Fincher
French prosecutors have closed a case filed by Democratic Republic of Congo accusing Apple subsidiaries of using conflict minerals in its supply chain, according to a document seen by Reuters on Thursday. Congo filed criminal complaints against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium, its lawyers said in December. Apple said then it strongly disputed the allegations and had told its suppliers they must not use the minerals in question sourced from Congo or Rwanda.
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2 months ago |
businesslive.co.za | Sonia Rolley |Robbie Corey-Boulet
Representatives of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) powerful Catholic church met on Wednesday with a rebel leader whose M23 forces last month seized Goma, the biggest city in the country’s east, and have continued advancing south. The meeting in Goma comes as the rebel leader, Corneille Nangaa, tries to assert himself as the public face of politicians and rebel groups opposing DRC President Felix Tshisekedi.
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Jan 15, 2025 |
edition.mv | Sofiane Alsaar |Robbie Corey-Boulet
The deaths of 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj in Saudi Arabia last year underscored the urgent need to mitigate dangers posed by extreme heat, with crowd management an essential first step, analysts say. Temperatures soared to 51.8 degrees Celsius (125 degrees Fahrenheit) in the holy city of Mecca last June as 1.8 million worshippers took part in the annual rites, one of the five pillars of Islam.
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Thrilled to announce that I'm back in Dakar, now as West and Central Africa bureau chief for @Reuters. Honored to work with the brilliant team across the region. Do get in touch with tips, trip ideas, etc. Do not try to drag me into the jollof wars I remain neutral sorry. https://t.co/1h9RkLAHqT
RT @johnpmcdermott: There's been lots of great stuff written about African megacities such as Lagos and Kinshasa But they miss something…