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Lower oil prices and production cuts put Angola’s astronomic growth forecasts into question, but OPEC’s newest member remains bullish about its business prospects

President Yoweri Museveni has carried out a major cabinet shuffle, moving Daudi Migereko from energy and minerals, and giving the finance portfolio to ultra-loyalist Syda Bbumba, a former energy minister and an economist by training.

Disputed territories of Sool and eastern Sanag included in Somaliland elections with the hope of achieving a more peaceful resolution to the border dispute

The disputed territories of Sool and eastern Sanag, between the neighbouring breakaway Republic of Somaliland and Republic of Puntland, have so far proved a major obstacle in Somaliland’s quest for independence (AE 146/15, 136/15, 135/24). Both sides lay claim to a territory believed to be resource-rich and two clans, the Dhulbahante and Warsengeli, have said they are not served adequately by either de facto government.

Libya’s opening up has impressed international oil companies, but the Jamahiriya (State of the Masses) retains its capacity to surprise investors. Newspapers Al-Shams

As the deadline for solving the toughest challenges of Sudan’s peace agreement looms, both north and south are facing sharp falls in oil income, writes Thalia Griffiths.

No one was seriously expecting that President Lansana Conté’s death would be followed by a smooth democratic transition, and the coup carried out by young officers supported by army chief General Mamadouba Toto Camara was not exactly a surprise.

Puntland pioneer Range Resources has taken exception to an article in Melbourne daily The Age that said ruling clans in the territory were linked to the recent upsurge in piracy, including the hijack of the Saudi Aramco-owned supertanker Sirius Star, carrying an estimated $100m worth of oil.

Cristina Dias was sworn in as São Tomé and Príncipe’s oil minister on 11 November, the fourth person to hold the position since June 2008 and the latest indication of political uncertainty in the island state – which has yet actually to find oil (AE 149/14).

Reshuffle has brought some new faces onto the energy scene, but old guard remain in key posts

Rumour has it that there is infighting between Petroleum Minister Sameh Fahmy and Finance Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali over tax revenues, while Fahmy is understood to generally not be very popular with any of the ministers. One industry source said: “a lot of the ministers

Five Chinese oil workers taken hostage in South Kordofan have been killed by their captors, according to the Sudanese foreign ministry.

Mugabe did a public deal to share power with Tsvangirai, but the octogenarian president has no intention of stepping back, and Zimbabwe’s political and economic crisis thus shows no sign of letting up.

In a move typical of the convoluted deals so beloved of Colonel Muammar Qadhafi’s Jamahiriya (State of the Masses), African Energy hears that Libya is turning to some of its new friends with requests of help to fund the big compensation settlements demanded by the Lockerbie bombing families.

For Africans who depend on the environment for their livelihoods, human security is more closely tied in with the effects of climate change than it is elsewhere.