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Seven plaintiffs have filed a criminal complaint with Paris prosecutors against TotalEnergies, accusing the French major of negligence and indirect manslaughter during the March 2021 attack on Palma by Islamist insurgents.

Mpho Makwana will leave Eskom at the end of October, having served for only slightly over a year as chair of the state utility’s board of directors, with further divisions among decision-makers apparent in the protracted search for a new group chief executive officer (GCEO).

The Shema Power Lake Kivu (SPLK) independent power producer (IPP) in Rwanda has started supplying the grid, project director Tony de la Motte told African Energy. While the onshore methane-to-power plant has been fully commissioned, an equipment breakdown means SPLK is not yet at its full commercial operating capacity.  African Energy has taken a closer look at the project and the progress of other planned Lake Kivu power plants.

Canada’s Tantalex Lithium Resources expects its early stage Manono lithium tailings project to average production of 112,167m t/yr over a six-year life of mine. African Energy spoke to Tantalex chief executive Eric Allard to get the latest details on the project, including the potential for hydroelectric power supply.

Malagasy conglomerate Groupe Filatex has confirmed that the 30MW Mandroseza heavy fuel oil (HFO)-fired plant has resumed operations following rehabilitation work. Construction of solar PV capacity is also under way at the complex.

Graphite miner and processor Syrah Resources said on 11 October that it had commissioned the solar PV plant at its Balama mine in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. The solar plus storage unit is expected to displace some 30% of diesel usage at the pre-existing diesel-fired plant.

The state-owned Powerchina group’s Sinohydro Corporation has been awarded the contract to build the Muvumba multipurpose dam and associated hydroelectric power (HEP) plant in Rwanda's Nyagatare district.

General Electric (GE) has been awarded a 25-year service agreement for West African Energy (WAE)’s 300MW Cap des Biches combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant in Dakar.

BP has awarded Allseas the contract to complete the subsea pipelay scope for its Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, after previous contractor McDermott International was reportedly unable to complete its planned work on the project.

Published October 2023, this graphic consists of a series of charts illustrating key economic, debt and climate change indicators.

Bowleven is weighing up a possible equity injection at a “very substantial discount” to its share price, as it looks to shore up its balance sheet, the London AIM-listed company said.

Reports of a surprise deal by the government to acquire Petronas’s oil and gas portfolio in partnership with a little-known American outfit have reinforced concerns about South Sudan’s governance. Juba has backtracked on its initial claims about a $3bn oil and infrastructure deal that would have replaced the previously announced Petronas-Savannah deal, but investors are likely to be ever more nervous, writes James Gavin.

As President William Samoei Ruto celebrated his first year in State House on 13 September, he has been able to bask in the global leadership opportunity offered by Kenya’s role in crafting an unprecedented African policy approach to the climate crisis ahead of COP28 in Dubai.

Exports of lithium have begun from a number of recently-developed processing plants – many operated by Chinese companies – as Zimbabwe looks to better exploit its large resources of a vital energy transition mineral. However, recent figures show overall production has been declining this year, writes Tonderayi Mukeredzi.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has requested invitations for the supply and installation of a solar photovoltaic plant to serve its regional office in Centurion, Gauteng.