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A London jury cleared Diezani Alison-Madueke of all six bribery charges after 46 hours of deliberation, ending an eleven-year legal ordeal for Nigeria’s former oil minister.

Peters and Dangote are the world’s most positioned oil figures as the Hormuz blockade removes nine million barrels daily from global supply.

Benedict Peters is deploying three sensor-equipped aircraft over Madagascar to map untapped mineral deposits under a formal agreement with the Malagasy government.

KEY POINTS Aiteo Libya exploration license awarded in Murzuq basin. Aiteo Libya exploration license part of revived 2007 bid round. Aiteo Libya exploration license expands African independent presence. Nigeria’s Aiteo …

Econet InfraCo plans a 300-hectare industrial park near Harare airport, combining solar power, data infrastructure and logistics access to attract manufacturers and exporters

KEY POINTS Zimbabwe has signed a 15 year concession with Jindal Steel to refurbish ageing units at Hwange power station. The project is expected to add 400 megawatts within four …

KEY POINTS Guinea voted in a presidential election expected to formalise Mamadi Doumbouya’s rule after his 2021 coup. Opposition figures remain in exile, while turnout appeared low in parts of …

KEY POINTS Two Chadian soldiers were killed and another wounded in a drone attack near the Sudan border Security sources say the drone may have crossed from Sudan, though its …

KEY POINTS Libya’s army chief of staff, Mohammed al-Haddad, was killed in a plane crash in Turkey on Tuesday. The aircraft went down shortly after departing Ankara, where the delegation …

KEY POINTS • Ghana’s parliament has approved a law regulating cryptocurrency activities• Central bank to license and supervise crypto platforms and service providers• Crypto remains legal but not legal tender …