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Venezuela VP, PDVSA chief travel to Russia to ‘deepen ties’ - Stabroek News
CARACAS,  (Reuters) - Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez and the head of the South American country’s state oil company, PDVSA, arrived in Russia to “deepen strategic alliances,” Venezuela’s information ministry said
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Kenya: Traffic Jam Eases After Police Eject Protesting Truckers
As a result, government officials reiterated their call to have truckers from Kenya obtain a Covid-19 clearance certificate 48 hours before departure to avoid "painful" tests at the Kenya/ Ugandan
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UG’s GREEN Institute urges carbon tax on extracted crude oil
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being urged to implement a carbon tax on the crude oil currently being extracted in the offshore Stabroek Block by ExxonMobil’s subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd (EEPGL) which could earn Guyana billions
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Kenya: Relief for Motorists as Fuel Prices Drop to Lowest in More Than a Decade
In its latest monthly review, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) cut diesel prices by the biggest margin of Sh19.9 per litre, giving transporters and big manufacturers a major
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Philip Emeagwali
The early life of Philip Emeagwali seemed destined for poverty in his native land of Nigeria. He was the oldest of nine children and his father, who worked as a nurse’s aide, earned only a modest income. As a result, at age 14, Philip was forced to drop out of school in Onitsha. Because he had
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Angola
National name: Republica de Angola
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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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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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Moroni, Comoros (10th Century- )
Moroni is a coastal town that serves as the capital of Comoros, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. In 2003 the city had a population of 41,577 people making it the largest city in the archipelago.  It is simultaneously one of the least populous capitals on or near the African continent. Moroni is
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ExxonMobil says working ‘fervently’ to fix compressor issues
Addressing concerns about its volume of natural gas flared to date, ExxonMobil yesterday assured that it was working fervently to fix problems with its compressor equipment offshore and said that the lessons learned will be applied to its next Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel, as
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Nigeria: 2020 Budget - Senate Pegs Oil Price Benchmark At $28 Per Barrel
The Senate on Tuesday put the benchmark price for crude oil in the 2020 budget at $28 per
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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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Tunisia: Natural Gas Resources Post 65 Percent Increase in March 2021 - Onem
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Natural gas resources reached 797 ktoe (one thousand tonnes of oil equivalent) in March 2021, posting a 65% increase compared to the same period of 2020 thanks to the contribution of the Nawara Field, reads the monthly energy situation report of March 2021
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Civil rights movements
Civil rights movements are a worldwide series of political movements for equality before the law, that peaked in the 1960s.[citation needed] In many situations they have been characterized by nonviolent protests, or have taken the form of campaigns of civil resistance aimed at achieving change
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St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda (1632- )
St. Johns (population 22,342) is the capital of the Eastern Caribbean twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua, the largest of the English-speaking Leeward Islands, covers 108 square miles. Barbuda, a flat coral island with an area of only 68 square miles, lies approximately 30 miles
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Tanzania, Rwanda Strike a Deal On Truck Drivers
Rwanda and Tanzania have resolved a fallout between long-distance truck drivers and authorities at the Rusumo Border
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Congo republic
National name: République du Congo
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Rwanda: New Guidelines Issued for Long-Haul Cargo Transporters
A bilateral meeting between Rwanda and Tanzania agreed to resolve the issue of cross-border truck drivers as part of the move to contain the new coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Infrastructure said on
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Uganda: What Oil Laws Will Achieve
[Monitor] The business community is eagerly awaiting the final investment decision ("FID") expected before the end of 2020. At a recent meeting for its investors in Paris, Total announced that it would sanction three oil projects globally including the one in Uganda by the end of the year. The
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Liquid propane could supply Zimbabwe with fuel
In December, Intergas, in a partnership with Nigerian alternative energy company THLD Group, started preparing autogas for the Zimbabwe
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Cheap gas power can be real breakthrough but confirming studies imperative - Floyd Haynes - Stabroek News
If Guyana can get the approximate US seven cents per KWH projected for electricity from the gas-to-shore project, it should grasp the opportunity as this could be the catalyst for broad economic development but the suppositions must be underpinned by robust studies, financial analyst Floyd Haynes
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Africa: Why Africa Can't Afford Further Delay On AfCFTA - Afreximbank
The devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Africa's economy has shown that the continent can ill-afford a further delay in the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), panelists in a web conference on Africa's economic recovery, post-COVID-19, said on
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Guyana earns US$61m from latest oil lift - Stabroek News
As the global price for crude oil continues to rise steadily, Guyana has received the highest rate since petroleum production began offshore in December of 2019, averaging US$61 per barrel on its latest and fifth lift of one million
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Mozambique
National name: República de Moçambique
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Motorists affected by 'bad gas' saga could get compensation in two weeks
Several motorists who were affected during the 2015 bad gas saga are currently being contacted and given a date to visit the offices of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), to begin the process of collecting their share of a $24.5 million compensation
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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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Nigeria: At 20.89 Billion Litres, Nigeria's Petrol Imports Hit Six-Year High
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Colombia provisionally approves ExxonMobil fracking pilot project - Stabroek News
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia has provisionally approved U.S. oil company ExxonMobil Corp’s plan to develop a pilot project for hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, in the country’s Valle Medio del Magdalena basin, the oil regulator said on
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WACHIRA: Duel between Covid-19 and oil prices continues
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