China's Xi to visit Africa as U.S. frets over Beijing influence
BEIJING, March 9 (Reuters) - Incoming Chinese president Xi Jinping's first trip as head of state will take him to Africa, the government said on Saturday, as China...
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Monday, March 11th, 2013
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
World Bank: Arab World hit hard by climate change
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Middle East and North Africa will be especially hard hit by climate change in the coming decades, the World Bank said in a report Wednesday...
Monday, November 19th, 2012
Abengoa breaks ground on West Africa’s first desalination plant
Abengoa SA (ABG), the Spanish company that’s developed desalination plants from Algeria to India and China, has broken ground on West Africa’s first desalination facility,...
Saturday, November 3rd, 2012
Cost of playing east Africa oil game on the rise
CAPE TOWN, Nov 2 (Reuters) - A few years ago governments in east Africa would practically pay companies to come and explorefor oil or gas on their territory.
Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
Rosneft considering African oil pipeline
MOSCOW, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Russian media reports oil company Rosneft may take part in the construction of an oil pipeline in Africa, its first such effort in an overseas...
Monday, August 6th, 2012
Fracking debate racks South Africa
South Africa is running dangerously short of energy, even as it sits atop what geologists say could be substantial gas reserves. Drilling companies are waiting to see if...
Sunday, August 5th, 2012
China state news agency slams Clinton remarks on Africa trip
BEIJING, Aug 3 (Reuters) - China's official news agency hit back on Friday at suggestions by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Beijing is only interested...
Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
In Africa, Clinton takes subtle swipe at China
Delivering an implied warning about the dark side of China’s global search for energy and resources, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged African nations...
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
China aims to rewrite perceptions on Africa investment push
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing is eager to rewrite negative perceptions of its growing ties with Africa at a summit this week, citing expanding private investment and a push...
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
Kenya’s deepwater debut heralds east Africa’s first oil
Apache Corp. (APA) will drill Kenya’s first deepwater oil well next month, a prospect that could add a $70 billion crude find to the record natural-gas discoveries along...
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
SEC sets vote on controversial oil, ‘conflict minerals’ rules
The SEC will vote August 22 on long-delayed rules that will force oil companies to reveal payments to foreign governments – regulations at the heart of a battle between...
Thursday, May 31st, 2012
S.Africa April crude imports from Iran down 43%
JOHANNESBURG, May 31 (Reuters) - South Africa's crude oil imports from Iran fell 43 percent to 286,072 tonnes in April from the previous month, customs data showed on...
Sunday, April 22nd, 2012
Africa sitting on sea of groundwater reserves
LONDON (Reuters) - Huge reserves of underground water in some of the driest parts of Africa could provide a buffer against the effects of climate change for years to come,...
Sunday, April 15th, 2012
Total to spend over $300 mln on Uganda exploration
KAMPALA, April 13 (Reuters) - French oil company Total plans to spend over $300 million in 2012 on exploration in Uganda where small-scale commercial oil production is...
Monday, March 26th, 2012
GE signs deal with Nigeria for power plants
General Electric Corp. said Monday it signed an agreement with Nigeria's government to potentially build and operate power plants in the electricity-starved nation...
Oil discovered in Kenya for first time
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – The president of Kenya says that oil has been discovered for the first time in his East Africa nation.
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
S. Africa says has suspended Iran oil imports
PRETORIA, March 22 (Reuters) - South Africa has suspended almost all of its oil imports from Iran and intends to abide by a U.S. request to significantly drop its supplies...
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
After weeklong strike, Nigerian president relents on gas subsidies
LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria swallowed a hard lesson on Monday that has been inflicted on governments of developing nations the world over for years: try cutting subsidies for...
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Oil production rises quickly in Libyan fields
ZAWIYAH, Libya — The bullet holes in the oil tanks have been patched, the damaged backup generator is being repaired, and most important, the pipeline that feeds the giant...
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Morocco to host first solar farm in €400bn renewables network
Morocco has been chosen as the first location for a German-led, €400bn project to build a vast network of solar and windfarms across North Africa and the Middle East to...
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