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TZ features highly in the AU Mid-Year Coordination Meeting
AFRICA: THE United Republic of Tanzania had the distinguished honour of participating in the Seventh Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (MYCM) between the African Union, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), and Regional Mechanisms (RMs), held on 13...
From ambition to action: How Africa’s homegrown agricultural strategies are forging a path to food security and prosperity
Africa’s agricultural landscape presents both great potential and significant challenges. The continent has strong farming communities and diverse agricultural areas. These factors offer the ability to feed its growing population and drive...

Milagrosa Ada Micha: The woman who revolutionized the media in Equatorial Guinea
Micha this year celebrates a decade of transformation, energy, resolve, determination and vigour to push the narrative associated with Equatorial Guinea. HARARE –All across Africa it is a general understand among scholar, academics and the media...

Equatorial Guinea Sextapes: Baltasar Engonga risks 18 years jail term
Remember Baltasar Ebang Engonga? The Equatorial Guinean who went viral in November after explicit sex videos involving him and multiple women surfaced online has returned to the spotlight, this time over allegations of financial fraud. On 7...
AFRAA: Africa's aviation industry remains resilient
Key drivers include expanded routes, better connectivity, and rising domestic and international travel demand. In June 2025, seat capacity across Africa decreased by 3% compared to June 2024. However, intra-African routes recorded a slight...

Africa News Live Updates: Two South African engineers released from Equatorial Guinea after two years in detention
Africa News Live Updates: Welcome to our live blog covering the latest from across Africa. Follow real-time updates on political transitions, security and peacekeeping operations, regional integration efforts, economic innovation, climate impacts,...
African Civil Society Unites in Malabo to Advance Reparations Agenda
The African Union’s Civil Society Forum and Interregional Dialogue opened at Malabo’s Sipopo International Conference Centre, placing reparations for historical injustices at the forefront of continental discourse. Running from July 7 alongside...
Payment Automation Hacks: Best Practices to Streamline & Scale Your AP Processes
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Biya’s Cling To Power
At 92, Cameroonian President Paul Biya, who assumed power in 1982, recently hinted at seeking another term in office in the country’s election scheduled to be held on October 12, later this year. If he contests and wins, and there is nothing to...

Nigeria’s oil production to surge as firm targets 2,500bpd
BY SAM OTUONYE Nigeria is expecting to add about 2,500 barrels per day (bpd) to its production capacity following drilling activities at the Dawes Island field by African exploration and production company Petralon Energy. The company has...

8 Countries Provide 44% Financial Buffer For Africa Energy Bank Kick Off
As the Africa Energy Bank (AEB) prepares to officially launch operations, eight countries have collectively provided a significant financial buffer, contributing 44 per cent of the required minimum contributions for the bank. The AEB, IS a $5...

Equatorial Guinea releases arbitrarily detained South Africa engineers
Engineers Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham returned home to South Africa on Sunday after serving more than two years in prison in Equatorial Guinea on seemingly arbitrary drug trafficking charges, according to a 2024 conclusion of the UN Working...

Petralon to add 2,500bpd to Nigeria’s Crude production by August
Nigeria’s crude oil production is set to receive a modest boost as indigenous oil firm Petralon Energy prepares to add 2,500 barrels per day (bpd) to the country’s output starting in August. Ahonsi Unuigbe, the company’s CEO, confirmed the...

African Petroleum Producers' Organization (APPO) Secretary General To Speak At The African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 As Africa Energy Bank Prepares For Launch
(MENAFN- APO Group) In a significant step toward bolstering financing for Africa's energy sector, the African Petroleum Producers' Organization (APPO) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) are advancing plans to launch the African...

Engineers Frik Potgieter, Peter Huxham released from detention in Equatorial Guinea
South African engineers Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, who had been detained in Equatorial Guinea since February 9, 2023, have been released and are back in South Africa, their families confirmed on June 21. Their release follows a pardon from...

Engineers unlawfully detained in Equatorial Guinea released
The families of Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham confirmed on Saturday that the two South African engineers, who had been unlawfully detained in Equatorial Guinea since February 9 2023, have been released and are back in South Africa. “Their...
Jefferies Maintains a Buy on Kosmos Energy (KOS)
Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS) is one of the 13 Stocks Under $5 With High Upside Potential. On June 29, Jefferies analyst Mark Wilson maintained a Buy rating on Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS) and set a price target of £2.70. Is Kosmos Energy Ltd....

Free Frik and Peter: George engineer released after two years in Equatorial Guinea
Their relieved families confirmed their release on the evening of Saturday 21 June. Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham are home safely. The Minister of International Relations, Ronald Lamola, and the two men's family members, gave them a hero's...

SA engineers released from Equatorial Guinea jail after diplomatic push and presidential clemency
Two South African engineers, Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, have returned home after spending more than two years in prison in Equatorial Guinea on what their families and government officials have described as trumped-up drug charges. The pair...
Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea Sign Deal to Advance Joint Natural Gas Pipeline Project
Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea have signed a joint communiqué, moving closer to implementing the Gulf of Guinea Gas Pipeline (GOGGP) project treaty, which aims to bolster regional energy cooperation and economic development. The agreement,...