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Interpol Arrests 1,209 Involved In Illegal Crypto Mining And Investment Scams
Bitcoinist
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August 23, 2025
The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has successfully conducted a continent-wide cybercrime crackdown in Africa, targeted against illegal cryptocurrency mining operations, inheritance scams, and fraudulent investments....
Angola rail project not aimed at countering China, CEO says
South China Morning Post
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August 23, 2025
Despite Washington’s framing of a key railway network in Angola as a strategic counter to China, the CEO of the Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR) says the company is “a purely commercial entity” with “zero geopolitical considerations”. In an interview...
Interpol Just Raided Crypto Miners in Angola. Could Explain the Unrelenting Load Shedding in Zimbabwe
Techzim
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August 23, 2025
You’ve probably heard of Interpol, the global police organisation that goes after big-time criminals. Well, their latest target isn’t some drug lord or international spy. It’s a bunch of crypto miners. Crypto miners use fancy computers to work out...
Angola’s Crypto Mines Crushed as Interpol Arrests 1,209 in Cross-Border Crackdown
Blockonomi
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August 23, 2025
TLDR: Angola shuts 25 illegal crypto mining sites, seizing $37 million in mining and IT equipment. Interpol operation arrests 1,209 cybercriminals across 18 African countries, targeting 88,000 victims. Zambian authorities dismantle online crypto...
Afreximbank To Support New Energy Transactions In Africa
Leadership
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August 23, 2025
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will provide a buffer as it moves to support new transactions across the continent. This is as Africa strives to make energy poverty history by 2030. The bank has made significant investments in Nigeria...
Angola and Namibia Commend Progress on Transboundary Cooperation in the Cuvelai and Kunene River Basins
GWP
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The governments of Angola and Namibia have commended the progress made in the implementation of the Enhanced Water Security and Community Resilience in the Adjacent Cuvelai and Kunene Transboundary River Basins (CUVKUN) Project, noting its role in...
Angolan Award-Winning Novel Set for Nollywood Adaptation
News Ghana
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August 22, 2025
A critically acclaimed novel by Angolan writer Nituecheni Africano will be adapted into a film or series by Nigeria’s Nollywood industry. The announcement was made during a press conference in Nairobi on Wednesday, marking a significant moment for...
Etu Energias Targets 80,000 Barrel Per Day (BPD) Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 As Silver Partner
MENAFN
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August 22, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) CAPE TOWN, South Africa, August 22, 2025/APO Group/ -- Angolan oil producer Etu Energias has joined this year's African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies conference as a Silver Partner. The...
Lobito Atlantic Railway Nears $533M US Loan to Boost Angola Rail Corridor
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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August 22, 2025
Lobito Atlantic Railway close to securing $533M US loan to modernize Angola’s key copper and cobalt export route Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR) expects to finalize a $533 million loan agreement with the US International Development Finance...
Interpol coordinates crackdown on illegal Angola-based crypto miners
Coin Telegraph
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August 22, 2025
The International Criminal Police Organization, or Interpol, announced more than a thousand arrests and the seizure of about $100 million as part of a crackdown that included cryptocurrency miners and fraudsters. In a Friday notice, Interpol said...
Cooperation with Japanese company Toyota will allow construction of the Amboim Deepwater Port
Ver Angola
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The first agreement, signed with Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Toa Corporation, provides for studies for the construction of the future Amboim Deepwater Port, a structural project that will complement the country's logistics network, where the...
The government hands over the construction of the Corimba Marginal Highway to Portuguese Mota-Engil
Ver Angola
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The Minister of Public Works, Urbanism, and Housing, Carlos Santos, stated that the Luanda city's road network is supported by main roads connecting it to the city center, highlighting that population growth has created several challenges to urban...
Interpol detains more than 1,200 people in Africa, including 60 Chinese in Angola
Ver Angola
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According to the Spanish news agency EFE, the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) arrested 1,209 individuals who allegedly victimized approximately 88,000 victims, recovered US$97.4 million, and dismantled 11,432 "malicious...
Shelf Drilling rig staying one year longer with Chevron in Angola
Offshore Energy
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August 22, 2025
UAE-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured a contract extension in West Africa with Cabinda Gulf Oil Company (CABGOC), a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered energy giant Chevron. Shelf Drilling Tenacious jack-up...
Angola: World Bank seeks Financial Management Specialist
ESI Africa
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August 21, 2025
The World Bank is seeking a Senior Financial Management Specialist to join the team in Luanda, Angola. Closing date: 31 August 2025 The Prosperity Practice Group (PG) supports economic policies and legal, regulatory and institutional reforms to...
Local Strike Over Fuel Price Sparks Anti-China Unrest In Angola: Report
MENAFN
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August 22, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Luanda, Aug 22 (IANS) Angola has been gripped by widespread unrest, after local taxi drivers' protests over soaring fuel prices spiraled into a violent anti-China demonstration shaking the nation's political and economic...
Angola produces less than one million barrels per day for the first time since 2023
Ver Angola
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"Angola's oil production for the month of July was 30,961,452 barrels, corresponding to a daily average of 998,757 barrels of oil (BOPD) against a projected 1,073,542 BOPD," reads the website of the National Agency of Petroleum, Gas, and Biofuels,...
AFC, IDC, AIIM to spearhead investor dialogue at African Mining Week 2025
Business Hallmark
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August 21, 2025
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), and African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) will take centre stage at the African Mining Week (AMW) 2025, leading discussions on strategies to...
Angolan civil groups urge cancellation of Messi's friendly match
Africanews
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August 20, 2025
Angolan civil society groups are calling on the Argentine Football Federation and star player Lionel Messi to cancel a planned friendly match set for November. This plea follows violent protests in Angola that resulted in the deaths of thirty...
João Lourenço invites Japan to an infrastructure conference in Luanda
Ver Angola
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The invitation was extended by the President of the Republic and of the African Union, João Lourenço, during the opening of the ninth edition of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), this Wednesday in Yokohama. On the...