The Chief executive officer of Italy’s largest oil company Eni, has said that the giant gas discovery in Egypt, announced recently by the company could be larger than initially reported. According to him, the Zohr discovery reserves estimates could increase by further drilling in the area. Eni who announced the discovery late in August, said the find, largest ever in the Mediterranean, could...

The international law firm Centurion Law Group, will be opening an office in Douala, Cameroon’s economic capital, according to an official release dated September 8, 2015. The pan-African law firm’s legal and business advisors are to provide services in areas such as arbitration, commercial litigation, corporate and finance law, tax and contract negotiation. According to Centurion Law...

In the framework of the African games which have been taking place in Brazzaville since September 4, 2015, the Bolloré group and the state of Qatar are exhibiting electric vehicles in the city’s streets. It is an operation which integrates a bigger one – the Bluecongo – whose goal is to promote electric transport infrastructures as well as an energy system that correspond best to the...

Technical measures have been taken so that Tunisia no longer receives radio Al-Bayan, located in the town of Sirte, in Central Libya. It is a question of jamming the airwaves of this media which supports the terrorists of ISIL (ex-Islamic State) who are acting ruthlessly in Iraq and Syria. “The necessary technical measures will be adopted to jam radio Al-Bayan airwaves or suspend...

In Mauritius, a dozen internet users have been arrested and placed in custody in the offices of the Cybercrime Unit, for having “uttered threats considered racist or made uncalled-for comments notably on Facebook”. Henceforth, they are accused of cyber criminality and will be brought to justice. According to the paper “L'Express” of Mauritius, the suspects published “racist...

They will be more than 150 journalists, Human Rights activists and academics from several countries. They will meet at the 6th edition of the International Festival of Freedom of Expression and Press Freedom (FILEP), scheduled for 16 to 19 September 2015 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The theme chosen this year is “The Media and political changes in Africa: what contribution”. The event is...

Cap Energy an independent upstream oil and gas company focused on the exploration, production, and development of conventional hydrocarbons in sub-Saharan Africa's portfolio in Guinea-Bissau and Senegal has been put out of risk by Cairn's exploration success in Senegal. This marks an exciting time, in particular the forthcoming release of Cap's 3D seismic results on its Guinea-Bissau deepwater...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigerian Security Agencies have made a solemn promise to deploy drone technology in order to stem crude and petroleum products theft across the country. The Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu stated this during a courtesy visit to the Chief of Defense Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin in the Defence...

In August Egypt paid foreign oil companies $600 million in arrears and still owes them $2.9 billion, according to the petroleum minister. Sherif Ismail (photo) told the Cairo post that the country aims to lower the amount of arrears it owes foreign oil companies to $2.5 billion by the end of 2015. Delays in payments to foreign companies had discouraged investment in Egypt’s...

A new Bissau-Guinean government led by Prime Minister Baciro Dja was formed on 7th September, after a month of crisis prompted by a power struggle between the previous head of government Domingos Simoes Pereira and President José Mario Vaz. The formation of a new government was made possible through an agreement with the Party for Social Renewal (PRS), second largest party in Parliament with 41...