TANZANIA CLOSES NDUTA CAMP HOUSING THOUSANDS OF BURUNDI REFUGEES. (PHOTO).

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 Tanzania closes Nduta camp housing thousands of Burundi refugees Tanzania has closed a camp housing thousands of Burundian refugees and repatriated all but a handful, activists and the United Nations said. Burundian refugees have complained in recent months of being forcibly evicted from the Nduta camp in northwestern Tanzania, following a deal between the governments in Dar Es Salaam and Bujumbura to repatriate around 100,000 of them by June. As of late 2025, there were an estimated 142,000 Burundian refugees housed in two Tanzanian camps - Nduta and Nyarugusu, according to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR). "The approximately 3,000 refugees who remained in the (Nduta) camp were forcibly loaded onto vehicles to be sent back to Burundi on Thursday," the Coalition for Human Rights/Living in Refugee Camps (CDH/VICAR) said, AFP reported. "Only around 10 families remained on site, awaiting transfer to the Nyarugusu camp, where 198 families had already been sent foll...

GHANA REWRITES MINING LAWS TO SECURE LARGER SHARE OF GOLD REVENUES. (PHOTO).


 Ghana rewrites mining laws to secure larger share of gold revenues


Ghana is preparing to overhaul its mining laws to secure a bigger share of revenues from soaring gold prices, with authorities saying the current framework no longer reflects market realities or national interests.


“What we have since 2014 is a policy that has not been reviewed,” Isaac Andrews Tandoh, acting chief executive officer of the Minerals Commission, told AFP. “We had to do something to bridge this gap.”


The planned reforms would revise a mining code that regulators say offers foreign mining companies favourable tax and royalty terms, leaving the state with a limited stake in a sector that remains central to Ghana’s economy.


The west African nation says it is seeking tighter control over its natural resources as global demand for gold and other critical minerals continues to rise, following similar moves by countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali and Tanzania.


Climbing gold prices


Gold prices have surged sharply, jumping more than 65 percent in 2025 and climbing to record highs of $5,500.


Ghana, the world’s sixth-largest gold producer, relies heavily on foreign firms for production, including US-based Newmont, South Africa’s Gold Fields and AngloGold Ashanti, and Australia’s Perseus Mining.


Under proposed reforms expected to be presented to parliament by March, mining royalties would increase from the current three to five percent range to between nine and 12 percent, depending on global gold prices, Tandoh said.


Ghana’s mining agreements typically lock in fiscal terms for between five and 15 years in exchange for large-scale investments that can exceed $500 million to develop or expand mines.

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