Kenya: Nation Keeps Walking Amid Transport Paralysis As Fuel Protest Enters Second Day/in /by
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Thousands of Kenyans trekked long distances to work for a second consecutive day on Tuesday as a nationwide public transport paralysis triggered by soaring fuel prices continued to cripple movement across major towns.
Kenya: DCI Warns Protest Organisers As Nationwide Fuel Strike Enters Second Day/in /by
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has warned that individuals organising, financing, inciting or participating in criminal acts during the ongoing nationwide fuel protests will face legal action as the transport strike entered its second consecutive day on Tuesday.
Africa: All of Africa Today – May 19, 2026/in /by
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Nigeria: NMDPRA Vows to Sanction Oil Firms Operating in Free Trade Zones Without Permits/in /by
[This Day] Abuja -- The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has warned that oil and gas companies operating in free trade zones, export processing zones and other designated areas without the requisite licences or permits would face sanctions in line with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021.
Kenya: Long Queues, Empty Roads in Witethie As Matatu Strike Enters Day Two/in /by
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Commuters across most parts of Kenya faced a second consecutive day of transport paralysis on Tuesday after matatu operators maintained a nationwide suspension of services over soaring fuel prices.
Kenya: No Deal Reached As Matatu Strike Over Fuel Prices Continues Tuesday/in /by
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A high-level meeting convened by Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi and his Transport counterpart Davis Chirchir failed to break the deadlock between the government and matatu operators protesting soaring fuel prices, leaving the nationwide strike set to continue on Tuesday.
Kenya: Four Killed, 348 Arrested in Nationwide Protests Over High Fuel Costs, Murkomen Says/in /by
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen says four people were killed Monday during nationwide protests sparked by rising fuel costs.
Kenya: Human Rights Activists Warn Fuel Price Hike Threatens Kenyan Families/in /by
[Capital FM] Nakuru -- Human rights activists in Nakuru have warned that soaring fuel prices could negatively affect millions of families across Kenya, increasing economic hardship and cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV).
Nigeria: Nigeria Urged to Get New Buyers As UAE Exit Threatens Oil Market Stability/in /by
[This Day] The Chairman of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN), Mr Wole Ogunsanya, has called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and other oil producers in the country to urgently develop markets for Nigerian crude outside the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) quota system.
Nigeria: Weak Regulation, Entrenched Interests Stall Govt’s Six-Month Oil Contracting Directive/in /by
[This Day] Nigeria's push to shorten oil and gas contracting cycles to six months under the Presidential Executive Order on Local Content has remained stuck between policy intent and project delivery as the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), the chief implementing agency, has been delaying activating the policy.