AFP Torrential rains have killed around 40 people in Angola, with several others still missing, authorities say. The downpours triggered flash floods over the weekend, submerging streets and damaging homes in the capital, Luanda, and the coastal city of Benguela. Officials say 13 people died in Luanda province, where five others …

Ethiopian police said they arrested a “dangerous international human trafficker” and nine accomplices accused of smuggling over 3,000 people to Libya, where they were held hostage and, in some cases, tortured, raped, or killed. The human trafficking network has been under investigation since 2018, police said in a statement posted on Facebook …

  By —Reda Helal :Africa’s mining industry is entering a new phase of expansion as a wave of Final Investment Decisions (FIDs) signals growing investor confidence in the continent’s vast mineral wealth, estimated at $8.5 trillion in untapped resources. Australian miner Resolute Mining has approved a $516 million FID for …