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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timeslive.co.za | Robbie Corey-Boulet
13 May 2025 - 12:15 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. The Djibo base in northern Burkina Faso has come under attack multiple times, including in October 2022, when 10 soldiers were killed and 50 wounded, according to an army statement at the time.
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gurutrade.com | Robbie Corey-Boulet |Mark Potter
ABIDJAN, May 7 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast, the world's biggest cashew grower, has raised its projected output to 1.3 million metric tons from 1.15 million tons even as potential U.S. tariffs and a falling dollar drag down exports, the head of the sector regulator told Reuters. The production increase stems in part from curbs on the smuggling of raw cashews to neighbouring Ghana and Burkina Faso, Mamadou Berte of the Cotton and Cashew Council (CCA) said.
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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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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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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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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…