The announcement passed almost unnoticed during the two-and-three-quarter-hour press conference Sonangol held to mark its 45th anniversary on 8 March: the state-owned company's upstream director, ...

The national oil firm is currently focused on drumming up interest for two offshore blocks that have not found a buyer: 4/05 in the Congo Basin and 5/06 in the Kwanza Basin. Wanting to sell these as ...

Elected a member of parliament five months ago, Abdelkrim Ghrieb has given up his seat. On post in Bamako as Algeria’s envoy to Mali, Ghrieb has decided to remain in that job. Ghrieb is the leading ...

After having been replaced by Ibrahim Ahmed Omar as secretary general of Sudan's National Congress (NC) this week, former Speaker of Parliament Hassan Al Turabi broke with the government party to set ...

A human rights defence lawyer, Wasswa Lule was dismissed on August 18 from his official functions as deputy Inspector General charged with in particular, monitoring human rights violations in Uganda ...

The Rio Tinto representative arrived in Conakry a few days ago to discuss with Winning Consortium potential collaborations on the Simandou iron project's infrastructures.

The contract is nevertheless an important one. The Tebessa Infrarail unit is in charge of building a second line between Tebessa and the Djebel Onk phosphate mine operated by public sector Somiphos 80 ...

Development works for the Mbalam-Nabeba cross-border iron ore mining project may soon commence. An official ceremony to mark the handover of equipment required to launch operations is due to be held ...

The fact that US major ExxonMobil is overseeing the 18 million tonne per annum Rovuma LNG project located near to Mozambique LNG in the Afungi zone in northern Mozambique greatly boosts TotalEnergies' ...

According to well-informed sources, the Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki, who has recently managed not only to end the long isolation of his country but also to establish it as a key regional player, ...

After waiting since last July, the Algerian government has finally named Amine Kherbi rather than Mohamed Salah Dembri as Algeria's ambassador to Washington. The Bush administration reportedly ...

The trade department at the French embassy in Nouakchott recently published a survey on the big family groups that corner most of Mauritania's economy. Top dog is the MAOA group (owned by Mohamed ...