Namibia: Bank Windhoek Ready to Support Oil and Gas Value Chain/in /by
[New Era] Bank Windhoek's managing director Baronice Hans said the bank remains firmly committed to promoting sustainable solutions in all its financing and investment decisions around the oil and gas value chain.
Nigeria: Troops Arrest Oil Thieves, Deactivate Illegal Refineries in N/Delta/in /by
[Daily Trust] Troops of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, have arrested 23 suspected oil thieves and deactivated 13 artisanal refineries during intensified operations across the Niger Delta region.
Nigeria: Nigeria’s Q1 2025 Non-Oil Export Increases By 24.75 Percent, Valued At $1.791 Billion/in /by
[Premium Times] The Nigeria Export Promotion Council says it is working with the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment to further increase non-oil exports.
Ukraine dismisses Russia’s ceasefire offer, demands longer truce/in /by
The Kremlin said the truce, ordered on “humanitarian grounds,” will run from the start of May 8 and last through the end of May 10 to mark Moscow's defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945
Amazon launches its first internet satellites to compete against Starlinks/in /by
Amazon’s first batch of internet satellites rocketed into orbit Monday, the latest entry in the mega constellation market currently dominated by SpaceX's thousands of Starlinks.
Residents evacuated from nearly 200 Cape Town homes as wildfire rages/in /by
Residents in Cape Town, South Africa haven been evacuated from at least 198 households, including 48 residents who require special care, as a wildfire, which broke out in Table Mountain National Park on Sunday, and spread to the city's southern suburb of Tokai.
Spain, Portugal restore electricity supply after outage/in /by
By 6:30 a.m., more than 99% of energy demand in Spain had been restored, the country's electricity operator Red Eléctrica said Tuesday
UN Security Council updated on growing refugee crisis across globe/in /by
Filippo Grandi, the U.N.'s high commissioner for refugees, told the Security Council that the plight of millions across the globe is exacerbated by the more than 120 conflicts, which are raging unabated
BRICS foreign ministers meet in Brazil to hone unity/in /by
The foreign ministers of the BRICS group, which counts eleven member countries, met in Rio de Janeiro on Monday for two days of talks revolving around the world's crises and the group's response to Donald Trump's trade war.
Massive power outage brings most of Spain and Portugal to a standstill/in /by
A severe power outage across the Iberian peninsula has affected transport, card payments, flights and more in Spain and Portugal on Monday. The cause of the incident was not yet confirmed by Monday evening.