Angola

1. Africa's largest copper smelter officially commenced production. Ivanhoe Mining's Camora-Kakula smelter will produce 500,000 tons of 99.7% pure copper anodes annually. Ivanhoe Mining is a Canadian mining company whose main businesses are the Camora-Kakula copper complex and the Kipsi zinc-copper-germanium-silver mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as platinum-palladium-nickel-rhodium-gold-copper mines in South Africa. It also explores for new sedimentary copper deposits in Angola, Kazakhstan, and Zambia.

1. The 7th African Union-EU Summit was held in Angola. Many EU leaders landed at the Chinese-aided Angolan airport, vying for African relations after China. The EU is currently Africa's largest trading partner, with one-third of Africa's exports going to Europe.

1. The Third African Forum on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence was held in Nairobi, Kenya, from November 25th to 27th. The forum was jointly organized by the European Union and the European Commission's Office for Cybercrime, and hosted by the Kenyan government.

2. The French Development Agency agreed to provide a €300 million loan to South Africa's state-owned logistics group Transnet, the latest sign of strengthened ties between South Africa and Europe following tensions with the United States.

1. Today, key leaders of the European Commission attended the 7th African Union-EU Summit in Luanda, Angola. The EU plans to exceed its €150 billion investment target for 138 flagship "Global Gateway" projects in Africa by 2027.

1. The US restarts its $500 million cobalt tender, causing cobalt prices to surge.

2. The Chinese government warns its citizens that they could become "miner slaves" during the gold rush in the Central African Republic.

3. Despite US opposition, the G20 summit in South Africa adopts a declaration aimed at mitigating the unique impact of climate-related disasters and sovereign debt levels on impoverished countries.

4. Hundreds of children have been kidnapped at Catholic schools in Nigeria, bringing the total number of kidnapped students in the region to over 1,500.