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Kenya
Base Titanium gets exploration ban lifted

Thanks to its well-placed connections, the Kenyan subsidiary of Australia's Base Resources has managed to persuade the government to resume awarding licences. New coastal projects are expected to be announced soon. [...]

Published on 15/12/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Australia-Africa Minerals & Energy Group
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Christine Mwaka Mvurya
Desterio Oyatsi
John Ngumi
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Raila Odinga
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Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Kenya
Base Titanium gets exploration ban lifted

Kenya
Australia's Base Titanium seeks new exploration permits

Kenya
Ruto between rock and hard place on mining law reform

Kenya
Ruto drags his feet over issuing new mining permits

In Focus | Kenya
Deadly blast in Ruto stronghold highlights political ripples of long-running goldmine row

Kenya
Kenya seeks to join US-China semiconductor race

Eritrea, Kenya
Afwerki cosies up to Ruto at Abiy's expense

Kenya
Ruto and Vodacom keen to keep Ndegwa on as Safaricom boss

Kenya
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Kenya
Imperiled nuclear agency clings to foreign lifelines

Kenya
Ruto consolidates his bastions and chips away at Odinga's with his new government

Kenya
Base Resources still worried about future in country