EPAepa03156407 (FILE) A file picture dated 31 December 2011 shows a man covers his hands in crude oil during a protest against Shell after a oil spill from a Shell oil field in Bonga, Nigeria. According to news reports on 23 March 2012, lawyers representi
REUTERSA view of an illegal oil refinery is seen along the Ekulama creek outside the oil hub city Port Harcourt in Nigerias Delta region May 16, 2012.Nigeria is Africas largest crude oil exporter but its production capacity has been slashed by thieves dri
REUTERSA mine worker is seen underground in Modderfontein east mine, outside Johannesburg, in this February 3, 2009 file photo. South Africa has the worlds largest gold reserves and 90 percent of its platinum, but the days when its mining houses ruled the
EPAepa01133667 A lifesize statue of an elephant dwarfs shoppers at the Maponya Mall in Soweto, South Africa, 28 September 2007. The 65 000 square-metre shopping mall, one of the biggest in southern Africa, boasts some 200 shops including various departmen
REUTERSA farmer prunes coffee bushes at a family plantation in Kiambu district in this May 28, 2008 file photo. This year, agricultural experts have renewed calls for policy makers to pay more attention to small-scale women farmers, who grow up to 80 perc
EPAepa01291710 A view of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in Johannesburg, South Africa, 20 March 2008. The South African currency, the rand, has been trading in an extremely volatile market, weighed down by weak emerging market currencies and sharply lowe
REUTERSA mine worker is seen underground in South Deep mine outside Johannesburg June 4,2010. South Africas Gold Fields said mechanisation at its big South Deep mine had reduced fatalities and boosted output compared with its other more labour-intensive o
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