Nigeria: Unlocking Oil Assets Through Nuprc’s Innovations in Bidding Process
[This Day] The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission's focus on production bonus rather than high signature bonus in Nigeria's oil block bidding process will no doubt encourage early development of oil and gas fields, Ejiofor Alike writes.
Authorities in Congo approve new vaccines to combat mpox surge
The World Health Organization (WHO) and scientists recently highlighted a new, more dangerous strain spreading in Congo's South Kivu province. In response, regulatory authorities have granted emergency use authorization for two vaccines
Nigeria: Aliko Dangote and the Power of Conviction – Perspectives From the ‘Left'(2), By Usman Sarki
[Vanguard] "Life demands that we attentively reconsider all our intellectual stock-in-trade when we step on to new ground"-- Georgi Plekhanov, Socialism and the Political Struggle
WATCH: Glastonbury festival’s historic lineup
The UK's Glastonbury Festival, held at Worthy Farm in southwest England, opened on Wednesday, welcoming attendees to one of the world's most renowned summer music events.
Opposition activists arrested in a crackdown in Mali were moved to prisons
Mali, a landlocked nation in the semiarid region of Sahel, has been embroiled in political instability that swept across West and Central Africa over the last decade.
Samuel Eto’o questioned by CAF over match-fixing
The President of Cameroon's Football Federation had a session with the disciplinary panel of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Tuesday. The accusations contend that Eto'o irregularly helped one club to rise to the top of the Cameroonian League two years ago
More than 14 months of war severely affects Sudan’s health sector
More than 14 months of war has severely affected Sudan's health sector, leaving many hospitals and medical facilities closed, damaged or burnt.
Nigeria: Kyari’s Efforts On Refinery Take-Off, Increased Crude Production in Line With Tinubu’s Agenda – Group
[Leadership] A support group of President Bola Tinubu administration known as Renewed Hope Agenda Support Group has said that efforts of the GCEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Engr. Mele Kyari, towards refinery takeoff was in line with the President's agenda for the downstream sector.
Uganda: Mass Arrests in Uganda, as Hundreds Gather Worldwide Urging China to Halt
[350Africa.org] Hundreds of people gathered outside Chinese embassies and financial institutions in 10 countries today - with another action expected to take place on the 28th in Washington DC - calling on China to reject financial support for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) and related oil field projects. The demonstrations took place across Africa and Europe in a coordinated day of action organized by Ugandan, Tanzanian and other StopEACOP campaign members.
UN experts accuse Sudan’s warring parties of weaponizing starvation
Sudan plunged into chaos in April last year when simmering tensions between the country’s military and a notorious paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, exploded into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum and elsewhere in the country.