Shell is investigating allegations of smoke near its Gbaran Ubie oil and gas complex in Nigeria’s coastal Bayelsa state. Residents reported hearing booms and seeing smoke...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has announced the start of the bidding process for 12 oil blocks recently put up for sale. It also marks...
Ecobank, a pan-African banking group, has more than doubled its impairment losses on Ghana’s problematic Eurobonds to $183 million, highlighting the extent of risk that African...
Niger’s Prime Minister, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, has claimed that Benin’s suspension of Niger’s oil shipments, imposed in reaction to a border shutdown, breached bilateral trade...
There were indications over the weekend that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) intends to collaborate with UK prosecutors as an interested party in the...
One of my favourite stories on pan-African action (or in this case inaction), one I will never tire of repeating, comes from 2002, when the discredited...
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Tunisia’s capital on Sunday to demand the release of imprisoned journalists, activists, and opposition members, as well as the date for...
On Sunday, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were treated to street-style dances in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, where they announced a partnership between their Archewell...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, a non-profit organization, BudgIT, and 136 concerned Nigerians have sued the Central Bank of Nigeria “over its failure” to rescind...
African authorities are seeking innovative methods to enhance funding for the agriculture industry in the continent and to improve the price and accessibility of fertilizers. This...
The budget season is here again. It is an institutional and desirable annual ritual. Revenue collection and spending at the...
In an indication to traders that the activities of its mega-refinery might soon disrupt regional fuel markets, Nigeria’s private Dangote...
According to South Africa’s tax department, pension withdrawals have increased to 49.6 billion rand ($2.8 billion) in the 11 weeks...
The United States special envoy to Sudan has made his first trip to the African nation, hoping to bring an...
As reported by the electoral commission on Tuesday, Abdirahman Cirro, the opposition leader of Somaliland, triumphed against incumbent president Muse...
A draft resolution from the UN Security Council urging Sudan’s warring parties to immediately end hostilities and guarantee the delivery...
According to the British foreign ministry, Britain will look to other members of the UN Security Council on Monday to...
Following Mali’s imprisonment of its CEO, Terence Holohan, and two other staff members last month, Australia’s Resolute Mining said on...
Thousands of Nigeriens demonstrated in the streets on Saturday and Sunday in support of the ruling CNSP and in opposition...
Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, has resorted to lobbying world leaders at the ongoing 19th G20 Leaders Summit in Rio de...