Despite being sued by Australia’s Sundance Resources, Cameroon is set to begin in August the construction of a railway line with two China-affiliated businesses, connecting the coast to substantial iron ore deposit on Congo Republic border. All three Australian companies had their mining licenses stripped from them by the Congo government. Fast forward to May 2023, Sundance Resources is in legal dispute with the Cameroonian government. He also said that Cameroon has identified 12 new mining projects, five of which were slated to start this year. With tensions between Canberra and Beijing still simmering, China’s battle for resource security, not least in Africa, will likely further intensify.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 10, 2023 08:58 UTC