Guinea

Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto and China's state-owned Chinalco have signed a non-binding agreement to jointly develop Guinea's massive Simandou iron ore project, Rio said on Friday.

Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto and China's state-owned Chinalco have signed a non-binding agreement to jointly develop Guinea's massive Simandou iron ore project, Rio said on Friday.

Australia Friday voiced confidence its vital trade ties with China would not be harmed by next week's sensitive trial of an Australian mining executive charged with bribery and industrial espionage.

Gambia's justice ministry on Thursday accused 10 people, including top military brass, of treason over a foiled attempt last year to overthrow President Yahya Jammeh.

Australia's iconic dingo may be the world's oldest breed of dog, according a major new DNA study that is likely to boost conservation efforts.

Rio Tinto is in talks with China's Chinalco on a massive mining project in Guinea, reports said Tuesday, raising hopes of a rapprochement that could unlock one of the world's biggest iron ore fields.

Rio Tinto is in talks with China's Chinalco on a massive mining project in Guinea, reports said Tuesday, raising hopes of a rapprochement which could unlock one of the world's biggest iron ore fields.

Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto is in talks with China's Chinalco on jointly developing the Simandou iron-ore field in the West African nation of Guinea, the Sydney Morning Herald reported Tuesday.

Japan pledged Monday 1.3 million dollars (948,000 euros) for the UN's children's agency to improve health conditions for mothers and children in Guinea, the Japanese embassy said.

Guinea interim leader bars himself, top government officials from June presidential vote. Guinea's interim leader says he will not run in presidential elections planned for June in the small West African country.

At least 23 soldiers arrested after the attempted assassination of Guinea's then junta chief Moussa Dadis Camara in December 2009 have been imprisoned in Conakry, a judicial source said Friday.

The African Union's commissioner for peace and security on Thursday commended Guinea on "very positive" progress towards constitutional order and elections following a military coup.

FOBO, Sierra Leone (Reuters) - Salt is precious in poverty-stricken coastal West Africa, but conservation experts say efforts to extract it are laying waste to mangrove swamps, causing erosion and ravaging fish stocks.

Human rights group appeals to Guinea's interim leaders to pursue perpetrators of massacre. A rights group has appealed to Guinea's interim leaders to locate the bodies of the missing and to suspend officials who were implicated in a September massacre at a pro-democracy rally that left over 150 people dead.

SINGAPORE/ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - The world has become far too hot for the aptly named Exit Glacier in Alaska.

Crew (CRU) reports financial results . Crew Gold (TSX: T.CRU, Stock Forum) shares climbed 36% to 38 cents on Monday after the micro cap miner reported its fiscal 2009 financial results. On December 11, 2009, the company completed a debt-for-equity restructuring, whereby the bondholders exchanged $230.8 million principal amount of bonds in exchange for a 95% interest in the equity of the company. Crew reported a per-share loss of 43 cents for the 345 day period ending December 11, 2009, compared with per-share a loss of $3.21 during fiscal 2008.

Clashes between Muslims and Christians in northern Liberia have left at least four people dead and 23 seriously wounded, a local government official said Saturday.

Sierra Leone's fragile mangrove ecosystem risks being depleted if steps are not taken, the country's forestry director said Saturday after African countries adopted a plan to save coastal mangrove forests.

MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia's government has imposed a curfew in the northern county of Lofa after religious clashes killed four there on Friday.

UN watchdog warns of access to unrestricted date-rape drugs by criminals. Governments around the world must step up their efforts to limit access to "date-rape drugs," sedatives that are secretly added to a person's drink to reduce their ability to resist sexual assault and remember it later, a watchdog said Wednesday.