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Although the exact number of casualties has not been independently confirmed, sources in Abyei said more than 20 people had been killed in fighting between the Dinka and Misseriya. The south claims the Khartoum government instigated the fighting to put pressure on negotiations and undermine the secession referendum process, which will deliver a massive majority in favour of secession.

Simba Energy private offering; Cote d’Ivoire’s Eurobond default; UK anti-bribery act postponed

Results for 2010, unveiled by Sonatrach president director-general Nordine Cherouati on 25 January, show the Algerian state company benefiting from higher prices:

Faced with the prospect of becoming a brand-new state with virtually no infrastructure, the South Sudan authorities are hoping to attract private finance for an ambitious programme of hydropower development

Aseng Production Company Ltd, a joint venture between SBM Offshore and state oil company GEPetrol, has secured a

Having apparently resolved its differences with the Ghana government, Kosmos Energy is planning a New York share listing. The privately held company, whose main investors are Warburg Pincus and Blackstone Capital Partners

It hardly rates on the scale of the drama that a courageous Tunisian population delivered to the world in ousting Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, but manoeuvrings by members of the former presidential circle to allow them to profit handsomely with little effort from the award of contracts for a gas-fired

China has agreed a loan of 513m yuan ($78m) to Senegal to finance the rehabilitation and expansion of the power distribution grid in the Dakar region

African Energy has seen an early copy of the investors’ guide to the new mining bill, which is due to be published by the Ministry of Energy and Mining at the end of January and distributed to companies.

The role of export credit agencies (ECAs) have been flagged up by Rand Merchant Bank infrastructure finance transactor Hugh Hawarden

The revelations and opinions included in leaked US cables suggest it is business as usual in the Nigerian oil industry, where IOCs and indigenous players are looking to trade more acreage, speculation surrounds a proposed marginal fields round and decisions on new natural gas schemes are being pushed ahead of next April’s elections

Energy financiers had their moments in 2010, but the power sector remains under-financed, writes Kevin Godier

Donors have agreed $53m of finance for the Liberia Electricity System Enhancement Project, which aims to improve access to power as the country recovers from civil war

The World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation has announced a $70m investment in First City Monument Bank (FCMB) to support its growth strategy and help it increase financing of small and medium enterprises.

The Islamic Development Bank has signed loan agreements totalling $51.7m to finance the last phase of Morocco’s rural electrification programme (Perg)