Trafigura abandons power line meant to light the Copperbelt, a Nigerian court strips an ex-minister of 48 properties, Ebola becomes DR Congo's third-worst outbreak

Trafigura abandons power line meant to light the Copperbelt, a Nigerian court strips an ex-minister of 48 properties, Ebola becomes DR Congo's third-worst outbreak

1. Trafigura walks away from the Angola-to-copperbelt power lineTrafigura has dropped a proposed 2,000 MW transmission line that would have carried surplus Angolan hydropower to copper and cobalt mines in the DRC and Zambia, two sources told Reuters. The line was one of at least three privately backed transmission projects meant to move stranded Angolan power to mineral operations facing shortages, and Trafigura had signed a non-binding agreemen…