Rio Tinto’s Madagascar mine restarts after reaching deal with protesters

JOHANNESBURG, May 24 (Reuters) – Rio Tinto’s (RIO.L), (RIO.AX) QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) mineral sands mine restarted production on Monday following a five-day halt, after reaching an agreement with demonstrators who had set up roadblocks at the site, Rio told Reuters on Tuesday. Communities surrounding QMM’s mine in southeastern Madagascar have been protesting over a release of water…

Nigeria arrests presidential aspirant in crackdown

Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has arrested a presidential aspirant of the ruling APC party just days to the party’s presidential primaries. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested Rochas Okorocha in the capital, Abuja, on allegations of corruption involving diversion of 2.9 billion naira ($7m; £5.6m) of public funds and property. The alleged offences were…