CNPC plans to cut gas supplies to industrial users
November 6, 2017 China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) plans to reduce natural gas supplies to industrial users, official sources told Media on Monday. It expects supply shortages this winter after…
Very soon, you can tell if your president is a liar: Africa Check to launch tool
Africa Check, an independent fact-checking organisation launched in 2012, says it wants to build a promise tracker; the African Election Promise Tracker that will help citizens hold their presidents and…
Mugabe may appoint wife Deputy President next month
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is set to appoint a woman deputy after a special ruling party congress next month, the first lady said on Saturday and added that there was…
US withdraws from EITI as implementing nation, Senators blast Trump
The United States has withdrawn as an implementing country from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), an international effort to fight corruption in managing revenues from oil, gas and mineral…
Convicted vice president of Equatorial Guinea, Obiang, bought a house in Paris for $93 million
A French court last week convicted Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the vice president of Equatorial Guinea and son of the president, of embezzling public money and spending it on himself….
When money talks…US approves $1.1bn arms deal with Qatar despite Gulf crisis
The United States government on Wednesday approved a $1.1 billion deal to service Qatar’s F-15 fighter jets despite the diplomatic stand-off between the Gulf emirate and its neighbors, reports the…
Zuma corruption charge stirs controversy in parliament, opposition stages walkout
South Africa’s main opposition party walked out of parliament on Thursday, saying President Jacob Zuma was refusing to answer questions on how much the state had spent on legal fees…
Liberia’s NEC suspends run-off election activities
November 2, 2017 The National Elections Commission of Liberia has suspended electoral activities ahead of the Nov. 7 run-off presidential elections in compliance with an order of the country’s Supreme…
Oil prices rise ready to go above $70 as OPEC-led supply cuts tighten market
October 31, 2017 Oil prices were up early on Tuesday, supported by a tightening market due to ongoing OPEC-led efforts to cut supplies, although the prospect of rising U.S. shale…
At least 15 killed in air strikes in east Libya -sources
October 31, 2017 At least 15 people including women and children were killed in air strikes on the eastern Libyan city of Derna late on Monday, a medical source and…