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Nigeria
In January 2012, in an effort to repair its tattered economy, President Jonathan eliminated the countrys fuel subsidy, which costs the government about $8 billion a year. The move caused fuel and food prices to double. Streets protests and strikes broke out all over the country, and Jonathan
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Source: Fact Monster - Black History
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Burkina faso
Ethnicity/race: Mossi (over 40%), Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, Fulani
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East Africa: Fear of COVID-19 Slows Trucking in East Africa
As trucks stacked up for days, Rwanda and neighboring Tanzania worked out a deal that scrapped plans for relay drivers but mandated transferring cargo at the border, “except for trucks carrying perishable goods and petroleum products destined to Rwanda,” the Kigali government said in a news release
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Source: allAfrica.com
OIMEKE: Fuel marking and monitoring have curbed adulteration
Fuel marking and monitoring have curbed adulteration
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Liquid Propane Could Supply Zimbabwe With Fuel – Free Press of Jacksonville
In December, Intergas, in a partnership with Nigerian alternative energy company THLD Group, started preparing autogas for the Zimbabwe
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
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Angola
National name: Republica de Angola
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Ethiopia
National name: Ityopiya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik
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ExxonMobil says has reached full capacity of 120,000 barrels per day - Stabroek News
ExxonMobil Guyana is celebrating the first year of oil production from the Liza field offshore and says it has reached full capacity of 120,000 barrels per day. The article ExxonMobil says has reached full capacity of 120,000 barrels per day appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Equatorial guinea
A recent offshore oil boom resulted in the economys growth by 71.2% in 1997, the first year of the petroleum bonanza, and it has sustained this phenomenal rate of growth. Between 2002 and 2005, the GDP skyrocketed from $1.27 billion to $25.69 billion. It is unlikely, however, that the countrys new
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Porto-Novo, Benin (16th Century- )
Porto-Novo, meaning “New Port” in Portuguese, became the official capital of the West African country of Benin in 1960. In 2002 it had an estimated population of 223,552 people. Porto-Novo is located in the southeastern part of the country on an inlet of the Gulf of Guinea. Although it
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Rwanda: Cross-Border Trade Unscathed Despite COVID-19 - Minister Gatete
The Minister of Infrastructure Claver Gatete has said that cross border trade is progressing well, despite the measures in place to contain the Covid-19
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Source: allAfrica.com
Cuba
National name: República de Cuba
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Tanzania: All Set for Crude Oil Pipeline Construction
[Daily News] UGANDA has granted environmental approval for a $3.5 billion pipeline to export crude oil from western fields to the Indian Ocean coast in Tanzania.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Gabon
National name: République Gabonaise
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Guyana’s Infant Oil & Gas Sector: Doomsday options - tariffs on oil, NOPEC Bill and invoking the nuclear option after a US/Saudi oil war!
The incisive, intense, and increasingly incendiary geo-political, economic, and strategic debate concerning the Saudi Arabia/ US struggle for crude oil market share is basically unacknowledged in the local print and social
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Venezuela’s ‘new normality’ - gasoline at ‘international prices’
In one of the more telling indicators yet that Guyana’s western neighbour, Venezuela, has fallen on seriously hard times, the country’s President, Nicholas Maduro, announced on Sunday that beginning last Monday, the country officially credited with possessing the single largest reserves of oil
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Nigeria: NNPC Upbeat Over Proposed U.S.$2.3 Billion Domestic Gas Market
[This Day] The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is optimistic about the future of a proposed $2.3billion domestic gas market as well as plans to rehabilitate the country's refineries. NNPC Group General Manager, Corporate Planning and Strategy, Meyiwa Eyesan, stated this on Saturday
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Source: allAfrica.com
Some, But Not Much, Relief In Sight At The Gas Pump – The Wilmington Journal
Consumer demand for gasoline is not yet at pre-pandemic levels and there may be some relief in store at the pump, albeit temporary, analysts said. Automotive club AAA on Tuesday reported a national average retail [...]
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Mali
National name: République de Mali
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Pandemic pushes Exxon to historic annual loss, US$20 bln cut in shale value - Stabroek News
HOUSTON, (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp today posted a historic annual loss after the COVID-19 pandemic hammered energy prices and reduced the value of the company's shale gas properties by more than US$20
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Guyana signs multi-billion dollar oil agreement with US oil giant | New York Carib News
Guyana has signed an agreement with US oil giant, ExxonMobil for the development of the Payara field offshore.
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Ghana coronavirus: 8,070 cases, conditional lifting of most restrictions
Each student, teacher and non teaching staff will be provided with reusable face mask by the Ministry of Education prior to reopening for final year students
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Gas-to-shore project - Stabroek News
If it becomes a reality, the proposed gas-to-shore project will be the single largest publicly financed venture in the history of the country. The article Gas-to-shore project appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Uganda pushes back award of exploration licences
Uganda has pushed back the licensing round for five new oil blocks in the Albertine Graben to September 30, 2020, following low interest from exploration
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Source: The East African
Oil waste treatment plant - Stabroek News
Following public objections, Oilfield Waste Management Services (OWMS) has decided to relocate its proposed waste treatment plant from Peters Hall, East Bank of Demerara (EBD) to Little Diamond also on the EBD. The article Oil waste treatment plant appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Uganda's First Oil Production Now Set for Early 2025
[Citizen] KAMPALA: The French oil giant Total SE's chief executive, Patrick Pouyanne yesterday described as a "momentous occasion in history" the signing of the three agreements for development of the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) and committed to first commercial oil production
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Source: allAfrica.com
Mauritius
Current government officials
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Togo
Togolese Republic
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Stimulus spending to promote clean energy as a vehicle for environmental justice : Indybay
Issues of environmental justice have been highlited in recent events, and it is high time that the nation take action. Minorities are disproportionately affected by Coronavirus, an issue which is exacerbated by environmental injustice. Low interest rates make the current hour opportune for clean
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Kenya, Ethiopia, DRC ahead of region in benefits of Agoa treaty
According to data contained in the US Trade and Investment with sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Trends and New Developments report, Ethiopia at 81.9 per cent and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at 68.2 per cent are the other eastern Africa countries that have also taken advantage of the treaty to
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Source: The East African
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