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Niger expels Chinese oil officials amid new tensions in the downstream

Reports that Brigadier General Abdourahamane Tchiani’s Conseil National pour la Sauvegarde de la Patrie (CNSP) junta has expelled Chinese oil officials have added a potential complication to Niger’s deep economic relationship with China.

Issue 523 - 19 March 2025

Resources, Mid & downstream oil & gas, Upstream oil & gas, Strategy & risk, Politics & security

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Issue 522 - 12 March 2025

Gabon’s oil and gas players chart an active year even while political developments unfold

Resources, Mid & downstream oil & gas, Upstream oil & gas, Strategy & risk, Finance & investment, Politics & security

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Gabon: Owendo gas-to-power plant work to start in June

Libya oil and gas map, cropped

Issue 521 - 20 February 2025

Bonfire of the billions: How Libya is squandering its hydrocarbons inheritance

Resources, Mid & downstream oil & gas, Upstream oil & gas, Strategy & risk, Finance & investment, Politics & security

Issue 518 - 16 December 2024

Savannah pursues gas projects in Nigeria, as legal cases continue in Chad and Cameroon

Pin South Sudan, Cameroon, Niger, Chad, Nigeria

Resources, Mid & downstream oil & gas, Upstream oil & gas, Strategy & risk

Senegal energy map, Feb24

Issue 518 - 12 December 2024

Former energy minister Sarr detained in Senegal on charges of fraud at IPP

Power, Thermal energy, Strategy & risk

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Senegal: Audit links Sarr to controversial IPP Ndar

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Issue 519 - 23 January 2025

Nigeria’s Tinubu will be tested by promise to end debilitating oil theft

Resources, Mid & downstream oil & gas, Upstream oil & gas, Strategy & risk, Politics & security

Issue 518 - 12 December 2024

Senegal: Audit links Sarr to controversial IPP Ndar

Power, Thermal energy, Strategy & risk

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Issue 517 - 02 December 2024

Libya claims back $60bn of Qadhafi’s secretly invested US Treasuries

Strategy & risk, Finance & investment, Politics & security

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Issue 517 - 01 December 2024

Senegal’s ruling duo seek further wins after legislative election victory

Resources, Gas, Upstream oil & gas, Strategy & risk, Finance & investment, Politics & security

Issue 517 - 25 November 2024

Kenya cancels Adani power transmission deal

Power, Transmission & distribution, Strategy & risk

Issue 516 - 13 November 2024

Risks for developers in Tunisia’s subsidy-heavy budget

Power, Renewable energy, Strategy & risk, Politics & security

Issue 516 - 05 November 2024

Kenya prepares for court hearing into suspended Adani transmission deal

Power, Transmission & distribution, Strategy & risk, Finance & investment

Issue 515 - 27 October 2024

Frelimo clings on to power in Mozambique amidst political violence

Resources, Gas, Mid & downstream oil & gas, Upstream oil & gas, Strategy & risk, Politics & security

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Issue 515 - 23 October 2024

Gas output slump worsens Libya’s power crisis

Power, Thermal energy, Resources, Gas, Mid & downstream oil & gas, Upstream oil & gas, Strategy & risk, Finance & investment

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24 grid-connected projects commissioned by end Q3 2024

African Energy Live Data’s latest analysis shows that almost 2.4GW of on-grid generation capacity was commissioned in the first three quarters of 2024.

New report suggests SDG7 could be achieved by 2034

African Energy staff led research for the Africa-EU Energy Partnership’s second annual European Financial Flows on SDG7 to Africa report.

New data: African power generation additions lowest in five years

African Energy has assessed the state of the African power industry at the end of 2023 and re-examined the project pipeline for the 2024-2029 period.

North Africa power trends: Renewable energy potential only partially met in gas-addicted region

African Energy has analysed the latest on-grid power generation data for North Africa.

Research underlines challenges faced by carbon and renewable credits markets

Almost 50% of respondents to an African Energy survey said the certification of carbon or renewable credits is too costly or time-intensive.

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