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» 20.10.2009 - SA and Tunisia get Swiss funding for clean energy projects
» 19.10.2009 - New partnership in Guinea's oil and gas concession
» 19.10.2009 - Nigeria plans to offer stake to Delta residents
» 15.10.2009 - New African renewable alliance established
» 14.10.2009 - Senate endorses oil deregulation policy
» 13.10.2009 - Africa needs strong creditworthiness to secure investments in energy sector
» 12.10.2009 - Sound policies help soften crisis impact
» 08.10.2009 - Environmentalists condemn Mozambique's planned damming of Zambezi
» 29.09.2009 - Asian involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa's electricity industry to increase
» 21.09.2009 - SADC partnership could solve energy shortage by 2016
» 18.09.2009 - SA’s first electric car on display
» 16.09.2009 - Govt steps up security as MEND extends ceasefire
» 14.09.2009 - MEND threatens fresh attacks in Nigeria
» 10.09.2009 - WB announce increased funding on renewable projects
» 03.09.2009 - AfDB approves loan to rehabilitate Tunisia's electricity network
» 01.09.2009 - African states make rankings for low sulfur diesel limits
» 21.08.2009 - SA and Angola sign trade and development deals
» 12.08.2009 - Cameroon’s Etinde permit gets possible farm-in deal
» 05.08.2009 - Not for sale, MEND pronounce stance
» 05.08.2009 - SA airport fuel shortfall temporary, officials
» 04.08.2009 - Southern Africa to experience a flood of renewable energy projects
» 31.07.2009 - SA gasoline prices downing
» 28.07.2009 - Six African countries targeted in UN’s cleaner cooling project
» 21.07.2009 - OPEC may cut oil output in September
» 10.07.2009 - EU to support trans-sahara pipeline project
» 26.06.2009 - Sudan ready for biofuels
» 19.06.2009 - MEND claims attack on Agip’s major pipeline
» 11.06.2009 - Ivorian govt to get $50 million for electricity infrastructure
» 09.06.2009 - Insecurity in N/Delta delays power supply
» 04.06.2009 - Ghana expands oil adventure
» 04.06.2009 - European bank withdraws funding from Ethiopia’s dam
» 03.06.2009 - Ethiopia rebels accuse oil companies of genocide
» 29.05.2009 - SA petrol prices up again
» 28.05.2009 - Africa second in the $20 billion oil/gas deals currently on the market
» 22.05.2009 - Mozambique's refinery project hit by a cash setback
» 22.05.2009 - SA's power company secures further European loan
» 21.05.2009 - Spanish oil returns to Equatorial Guinea
» 19.05.2009 - Zambia sets up oil exploration committee
» 19.05.2009 - Nigeria’s rebel group intensifies fight against state and oil companies
» 12.05.2009 - Botswana secures $825 million loan for power plant expansion
» 11.05.2009 - Government will not bow down to oil producer’s tactics
» 07.05.2009 - France injects money into Ethiopia's renewable energy
» 07.05.2009 - Electricity sectors in Angola and Mozambique ripe for investment, report
» 04.05.2009 - SA gets regional support for power support
» 29.04.2009 - Ghana has enough power - electricity company says
» 23.04.2009 - Mozambique signs $30 million deal for gas exploration
» 22.04.2009 - Nigerian tankers suspend strike
» 21.04.2009 - Nigeria govt re-assures nation as fuel shortages hit
» 16.04.2009 - Benin deepwater oil scan begins
» 06.04.2009 - Tunisia launches energy saving programme
» 03.04.2009 - Yar'Adua proposes amnesty to armed Delta rebels
» 31.03.2009 - Morocco and Tunisia get $2.5 billion in energy investments
» 30.03.2009 - Angola estimates $75 per barrel in 2009
» 25.03.2009 - Nigerian oil workers suspend strike
» 20.03.2009 - Nigerian signs accord for uranium mining
» 18.03.2009 - Chevron slashes production after attack on pipeline
» 10.03.2009 - Nigeria’s main oil exporter halts operations after attacks
» 09.03.2009 - Morocco announces $10 billion investment in the energy sector
» 26.02.2009 - Algeria to erect nuclear Power plant
» 24.02.2009 - Dana discovers 100 billion cubic feet of gas
» 23.02.2009 - OPEC may cut output again
» 30.01.2009 - Nigeria militants call off ceasefire
» 29.01.2009 - Nigeria cancels S/Korea's oil exploration permits
» 28.01.2009 - Repsol makes gas discoveries in Algeria's Sahara desert
» 21.01.2009 - Dar faces power outages due to fault at plant
» 19.01.2009 - OPEC may cut output again
» 16.01.2009 - OPEC could cut more oil production
» 14.01.2009 - Uganda discovers biggest oil well
» 12.01.2009 - Indigenous firms secures stake in offshore oil block
» 06.01.2009 - Tough rules on fuel dealers as shortages continue
» 23.12.2008 - Togo gets finance for its 100 MW electricity project
» 18.12.2008 - Africa commits to water development to fight hunger
» 15.12.2008 - Africa summit discuss massive hydro scheme for food and energy security
» 15.12.2008 - OPEC to cut supply to counter price decline
» 12.12.2008 - East African soon to use geothermal energy
» 12.12.2008 - Egypt reports record gas reserves
» 26.11.2008 - Kenyan private sector urged to be competitive
» 19.11.2008 - Gabon oil investments get "go ahead"
» 14.11.2008 - Tunisia to build wind farms in Bizerte
» 05.11.2008 - Hostage killed in failed rescue operation
» 04.11.2008 - A man shot dead in fuel cut protests
» 03.11.2008 - Chevron pulls out of Kenya, Uganda
» 31.10.2008 - Nigeria cuts oil production
» 29.10.2008 - Ray of hope as power plant kicks off in Nigeria
» 29.10.2008 - French oil company plans to exploit tar sands in Congo
» 20.10.2008 - Nigeria makes further cuts on 2009 budget
» 20.10.2008 - Swaziland combats fuel smuggling
» 17.10.2008 - Food prices may head downwards
» 17.10.2008 - Bioenergy could reverse poverty in West Africa, UN study
» 15.10.2008 - Shell to challenge Nigerian court eviction order
» 14.10.2008 - Global recession forces Nigeria to alter budget
» 09.10.2008 - Moroccan solar partnership to expand business interest to N/Africa
» 09.10.2008 - New deal to erase Zambia's oil-import nightmares
» 01.10.2008 - Tanzania ends power supply rationing
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