South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Wednesday sacked his Finance and Economic Planning minister, as well as top officials in the country’s revenue and oil management offices, in sweeping changes that followed an economic crisis. In a presidential decree read on state-run TV SSBC, Mr Kiir sacked Salvatore Garang...
Day: September 17, 2020
Zimbabwe U-Turns and Bans Chinese Coal Mining in National Park
Zimbabwe has banned mining in its national parks in response to protests after permits to explore for coal in one of the world’s premier elephant reserves were awarded to Chinese companies. The permits in the Hwange National Park were allegedly awarded without the requisite environmental permissions, according to a court...