Former KAM Chairman Sachen Gudka among 5 new Kenya Power directors

By Citizen Reporter,

The Board of Kenya Power has appointed five new directors at a time when the company is rolling out its growth strategy. They are Abdulrazaq Ali, E...

KENYA POWER , Sachen Gudka

Saudi Arabia says it seeks to avert war, ball in Iran’s court

By Reuters,

Saudi Arabia said on Sunday that it wants to avert war in the region but stands ready to respond with “all strength” following last week’s attac...

Iran , Saudi Arabia , war

Eight soldiers killed in attack on training camp in Libya

By Reuters,

Eight soldiers were killed on Saturday in an attack on a training camp belonging to the eastern Libyan armed forces of Khalifa Haftar in the southern ...

libya

East Libyan troops close on Tripoli, clashes near former airport

By Reuters,

Eastern Libyan troops commanded by Khalifa Haftar said on Friday they had advanced into the southern outskirts of the capital Tripoli in a dangerous t...

Libyan troops , Tripoli

Shell sees rise in Nigeria oil spills in 2018

By Reuters,

Royal Dutch Shell last year experienced a sharp rise in the number of oil spills caused by pipeline theft in Nigeria, which the company said were the ...

Nigeria , Shell

Nigeria’s Buhari wins second term as president

By Reuters,

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday won a second term at the helm of Africa’s largest economy and top oil producer, a t...

buhari nigeria , buihari , Nigeria election

Eastern Libyan military forces claim control of El Feel oilfield

By Reuters,

Eastern-based Libyan military forces took control on Thursday of the southwestern El Feel oilfield, their spokesman and a field engineer said. Prod...

libya , military , oilfield

Kenya says crude oil capacity insufficient for refinery

By Reuters,

Crude oil deposits discovered in Kenya are insufficient to justify construction of a refinery, a senior petroleum ministry official said on Tuesday. ...

Africa Oil Corp , Andrew Kamau , crude oil , kenya , Total , Tullow Oil

Peace remains elusive in Libya after Gaddafi ouster

By VOA,

On February 17, eight years ago, Libyans rose up and launched a rebellion that led to the ouster of autocrat Col. Moammar Gaddafi. The high expecta...

Gaddafi , libya

South Sudan to return to pre-war oil production levels by mid-2020: minister

By Reuters,

South Sudan will return to producing more than 350,000 barrels of crude per day by the middle of 2020, up from current levels of just over 140,000 bar...

Minister Ezekiel Lul Gatkuoth , Oil , south sudan

South Sudan to return to pre-war oil production levels by mid-2020: minister

By Reuters,

South Sudan will return to producing more than 350,000 barrels of crude per day by the middle of 2020, up from current levels of just over 140,000 bar...

Ezekiel Lul Gatkuoth , south africa , south sudan

US political activist linked to Russian agent charged with money laundering, fraud

By VOA,

A conservative U.S. political activist romantically linked to admitted Russian agent Maria Butina has been indicted by a federal grand jury on wire fr...

Political activist , Russian , US

Some U.S. metals importers resigned to higher prices as Trump’s tariffs bite

By Reuters,

U.S. metals importers that applied last year for exemptions from tariffs on steel and aluminum are losing hope the Commerce Department will approve th...

US Metals

South Sudan resumes oil production in former Unity State

By VOA,

Oil is again being pumped from fields in South Sudan’s former Unity state, five years after production was halted because of fighting between govern...

oil production , south sudan

South Sudan embraces old enemy Sudan, now rocked by protests

By Reuters,

Embattled Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is receiving words of support from some unlikely places as he faces deadly protests calling for him to ste...

South Sudan embraces old enemy Sudan

Sudan security forces arrest Khartoum University lecturers: professors

By Citizen Reporter,

Sudanese security authorities arrested several faculty members from Khartoum University on Sunday, two professors said, after they joined anti-governm...

Khartoum University , Sudan

Syrian surprise: How Trump’s phone call changed the war

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump’s declaration in a phone call with Tayyip Erdogan that he was pulling U.S. troops from Syria has stunned Turkey and left it s...

Libya is shutting down El Sharara after field seized by tribesmen: sources

By Reuters,

Libya is shutting down production at its biggest oilfield after tribesmen and state security guards seized the El Sharara facility, field engineers an...

El Sharara , libya , Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG)

Iraq and Saudi Arabia agree to work together to stabilize oil markets

By Reuters,

Iraq and Saudi Arabia agreed on Saturday to work together to stabilize oil markets, Iraq’s Oil Ministry spokesman Asim Jihad said, without giving fu...

Adil Abdul-Mahdi , Asim Jihad , Baghdad , Iraq , Khalid al-Falih , Saudi Arabia , Thamer Ghadhban

OPEC oil output rises to highest since 2016 despite Iran: Reuters survey

By Reuters,

OPEC has boosted oil production in October to the highest since 2016, a Reuters survey found, as higher output led by the United Arab Emirates and Lib...