via mineweb.com  “Kenya suspends mines commissioner, revokes up to 40 licences”

“A government-appointed panel will probe contracts dating to 2003 and may recommend reinstating some of the canceled licenses in a report expected within two months, Balala said. He declined to identify license-holders affected by the investigation.”

This story is quite interesting and relevant for us because, on this website we have written and posted quite a lot of information [in the posts 1, 2, 3] about how the mining industry’s bad and uncivil habits are hurting Africa, and its people.