Sudan belligerents keep fighting despite Jeddah talks/in /by
The deputy commander of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Abdel Rahim Hamdan Daglo, has said his group will continue advancing and taking territory held by the country's regular forces
Pics of the day: November 2, 2023/in /by
Pics of the day: November 1, 2023
Nigeria: Dangote Refinery Begins Operations December/in /by
[Leadership] The 650,000-barrel-per-day Dangote Refinery is expected to commence operations with up to six cargoes of crude oil to be supplied by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) next month.
Nigeria: Navy Patrol Team Discovers Punctured Points On NNPCL Pipeline/in /by
[Premium Times] The Navy said the points were being used by saboteurs to connect hoses and pumping machines to siphon huge quantities of PMS, conveyed along the pipeline thereby posing a significant threat to the product availability as well as the economic well-being of Nigerians.
Nigeria: Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery Begins Test Runs with Domestic Crude Oil/in /by
[This Day] Abuja -- The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) will supply the new 650,000 barrel-per-day Dangote oil refinery with up to six million barrels of crude oil in December, to be used in test runs, three industry sources with knowledge of the matter, have told Reuters.
Rwanda announces visa-free travel for all Africans/in /by
Rwanda announced Thursday that it will allow Africans to travel visa-free to the country, becoming the latest nation on the continent to announce such a measure aimed at boosting free movement of people and trade to rival Europe’s Schengen zone.
Dozens of Burkina localities besieged by armed jihadist groups: Amnesty/in /by
"Nearly 30% of Burkina Faso's territory is outside the control of the authorities, and it's in these areas that the influence of these armed groups is felt. And we can see, for example, the impact of these blockades on the population, as in Pama,.. " Ousmane Diallo, West and Central Africa researche
Nigeria: Nigerian Govt to Prioritise Domestic Crude Refining – NUPRC/in /by
[Premium Times] Mr Komolafe disclosed this during a meeting with operators of domestic refineries in Abuja on Wednesday.
Prior to Germany’s apologies, instances when former colonial powers expressed ‘regrets’/in /by
After unequivocal apologies over colonial-era abuses by Germany in Tanzania by president Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Nov. 01, here are some other cases where former ruling powers have said sorry -- or not.
Kenyan Maasai women turn harmful cactus species into bio-gas and food/in /by
The Maasai women of Kenya are overcoming an environmental hazard caused by an invasive prickly pear which was introduced by colonial rulers in the early 1900s. Parts of the cactus called opuntia is edible, but its outer layers are very harmful to livestock which try to graze on it.