Twelve Angolan lawyers have decided to block the appointment of the President’s daughter as a non-executive administrator of the state-owned oil firm Sonangol. President José Eduardo dos Santos, 73, who Continue Reading
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan expressed confidence that the authorities can reach an agreement with militants in the Niger River delta to stop their attacks that have slashed production of Continue Reading
A band of saboteurs that calls itself the Niger Delta Avengers has been prowling the swamps of Nigeria’s petroleum-rich south for four months, bombing pipelines and diving underwater to destroy Continue Reading
Niger Delta militants have launched multiple attacks on oil installations over the past 24 hours, reportedly targeting Shell’s Forcados terminal again and additional sections of the AGIP crude oil pipeline Continue Reading
Isabel dos Santos Long-time Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has appointed his daughter to lead the oil-rich country’s state-run oil giant Sonangol after firing the entire board and replacing Continue Reading
Niger Delta Avengers, the new militant group that has claimed responsibility for a string of attacks on oil and gas installations in the Niger Delta, continued its disruption of Nigeria’s Continue Reading
The Niger Delta Avengers said early Friday morning it has blown up Shell’s forcados 48 export pipeline, one of Nigeria’s biggest export terminals, which was under repair after the group Continue Reading
The Niger Delta Avengers militant group has claimed responsibility for three new attacks on Nigeria’s oil infrastructure, promising to cut production to zero. The attacks are the latest in a Continue Reading
The Niger Delta Avengers militant group has claimed three new attacks on Nigeria’s battered oil infrastructure, promising to drag production down to “zero”. The attacks are the latest in a Continue Reading
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos tightened his family’s grip on sub-Saharan Africa’s third-biggest economy two years before he has indicated he’ll leave office by naming his billionaire daughter Isabel Continue Reading
