In Nigeria, the Cross River State has announced the signing of an agreement with the company Thaï-Africa. According to the terms of this agreement, the Thai company will establish what will be the first African Rice city. The Rice City will mainly be dedicated to the production, processing and distribution of the cereal. It will have among other things a plant nursery, a rice factory, a seed...

Since 2 November 2015, journalist unions and media groups are showing their opposition to the new Penal Code of the Republic of Togo. The reason for this general outcry is in Article 497 of the new Code. Indeed, this article establishes prison sentences for journalists declared guilty of violations of the press laws. Until then, the journalist profession, governed by the Communication and Press...

In the Republic of Sudan, the Sudanese Ambassador to Russia, Nadir Babiker, has announced that the country is planning to boost oil output to 200,000 bbls/d in spite of the decline in prices globally. The country blames the 150,000 bbls/d decrease in production on the loss of the southern oilfield. According to Babiker, Sudan imports petroleum products like gasoline to meet the needs of its...

As a way of curbing the ongoing fuel scarcity in Nigeria, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the commencement of a 24 hour fuel supply in its depots nationwide. The Executive Director, Commercial of the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company (PPMC), Justin Ezeala stated that the company has obtained extended hours of operations for security purpose. “We are going...

The Bonny Gas Transport Limited (BGT), a subsidiary of Nigeria Liquefied and Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) is expecting a delivery of four Dual Fuel Diesel Electric (DFDE) vessels by the end of 2015. While speaking at the ship launch in Ulsan, Korea, the Vice President BGT and Managing Director of NLNG, Babs Omotowa (photo) revealed that the company had ordered for six vessels which were built by...

In Liberia today, ExxonMobil has announced plans to commence drilling on Block 13 situated off the coast of Margibi & Grand Bassa. The company had signed for Block 13, in 2003 but due to the Ebola epidemic in the country, it had put the project on hold. The Ebola epidemic had killed 4,800 people in Liberia and also discourage investors. The country was affirmed to be free from Ebola in...

Liberia on Thursday announced that it is on the verge of concluding agreement with Kosmos Energy Ltd for the lease of Block 6 and 7. According to the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) the negotiation for the two blocks initially awarded to Hong Kong Tongtai Petroleum International Corp., might go to Kosmos. The Product Sharing Contract (PSC) between NOCAL and Kosmos, is awaiting review...

The West African railroad loop project recently launched by French group Bolloré could be derailed. Indeed: French engineering company Geftarail filed a petition, on 5 November, at the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce to request the immediate cessation of the works, which started in Niger and Benin, according to information revealed on 12 November by...

The mobile network operator Méditel, subsidiary of French telecom group Orange, signed an agreement with M2M group, specialised in the conception and development of data cloud management and secured electronic transactions solutions. Through this partnership, both companies will put in place joint workshops for the creation of packages and offers targeting connected devices. The partnership...

The subscribers of mobile telephone operator Orange have again been called, through many Facebook pages created to denounce the bad quality of service of the company, to boycott its products and services on 12 November 2015. If they cannot prevent the use of their chip either for work, or to answer in potential emergency situations, the organisers of this Orange boycott day are asking the...