Addis Abeba — The thirty ninth Abnormal Session of the Meeting of Heads of State and Authorities of the African Union (AU), convened in Addis Abeba from 11 to fifteen February 2026, occurred at a second when the continent’s developmental aspirations had been in direct collision with a fracturing international order. Whereas the summit’s official…
A brand new scramble for Africa is underway. It’s not marked by warships or colonial flags, however by battery provide chains, inexperienced transition targets, and high-level commerce delegations. The race is for lithium, cobalt, graphite, manganese, platinum group metals and uncommon earth components — the minerals powering electrical autos, renewable power methods and digital infrastructure….
North Africa and the scramble for ‘new oil’ Africa nonetheless lacks the capability and expertise to develop uncooked supplies into extra beneficial completed merchandise. (Reuters/File) As expertise turns into more and more central to our lives and economies, the demand for uncommon earth parts and different crucial mineral sources — important uncooked supplies that underpin…