Manuel Congo illegal quarrying – Cycle of raid, rebuild, resume ended

News Joey Bartlett 26 Minutes Ago The Sunday Newsday headline on Page 1 which highlighted the illegal quarry operator who was affecting the Caroni's water supply. - FOLLOWING a Sunday Newsday Page 1 story, on June 29, on an illegal quarrying site...

CS OILFIELD Delivers End-To-End Chemical Solutions, Boosting Industry Trust At African Energy Week (AEW) 2025

(MENAFN- APO Group) CS OILFIELD ( ), a specialty oilfield chemicals and technical services company headquartered in Turkey, recently reinforced its commitment to quality, safety, and operational excellence as a Silver Sponsor at Africa Energy Week...

Vitol Wins Deal of the Year Award at African Energy Week

Global energy and commodity trading firm Vitol has been honored with the Deal of the Year award at the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025 conference. The award recognizes Vitol’s bold expansion strategy across West and...

Screen Grabs: UN Film Fest brings human rights ‘Messages for the Future’

If ever an entire film festival merited being put in a time capsule to provide evidence for coming generations, that would probably be UNAFF, the annual United Nations Association Film Festival (Thu/16-October26). Its 28th edition puts that role...

Chicago’s October Tradeshows to Spotlight Packaging, Healthcare, and Construction

(Attendees enter the Chicago Build Expo at McCormick Place. The October event draws thousands of construction professionals and is among several major tradeshows hosted in the city this fall. Photo courtesy: Chicago Build Expo.) City welcomes...

Christianity and the Congo Free State: Complicity, Witness, and Legacy

INTRODUCTION When King Leopold II of Belgium acquired the Congo basin at the Berlin Conference of 1884–85, he cloaked his ambitions in the language of humanitarianism and faith. He claimed his project would suppress the Arab slave trade, spread...

Ready to negotiate for metrorail projects in Andhra Pradesh: German Ambassador Philip Ackermann

German Ambassador to India, Philip Ackermann. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri “The Southern State of Andhra Pradesh (A.P.) has high potential for business and it’s one of the focussed areas for Germany,” says the German Ambassador in India Philip...

[Column] Osa Igiehon: Africa must take ownership to end energy poverty by 2030

With just five years left to achieve the global goal of eradicating energy poverty by 2030, Africa faces a defining question: can the continent truly deliver power to all its people? The answer, many argue, lies not in foreign investment or...

Tanker Diversions From Sanctioned Chinese Terminal May Cause Congestion at Other Ports

SINGAPORE, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Trading firms have diverted at least five more crude oil tankers from a major port in eastern China after the U.S. imposed sanctions on an import terminal there, according to trading sources and shipping data. The...

Nigerian firm receives Congo CAA’s approval for TN-registered aircraft maintenance

The National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) of the Republic of Congo-Brazzaville has granted approval to 7Star Global Hangar Ltd for base maintenance inspection services on all its TN-registered aircraft. The approval has further ignited a...

Niger vs. Congo LIVE: Two second-half goals give Niger a 3-1 thrashing

📢 Thank You That’s all for today. A very entertaining match between two African teams. Niger, with little to gain, took the game from the start and gradually grew stronger, scoring three times and sparking a celebration in the stands of the 4 de...

Slower production growth will push copper market to deficit in 2026, says ICSG

LONDON (Reuters) -The global refined copper market is expected to swing to a deficit of 150,000 metric tons in 2026 from the previously expected surplus of 209,000 tons due to slower production growth, the International Copper Study Group (ICSG)...

Africa’s energy future: Why optimism is warranted, By Osa Igiehon

As Africa Energy Week wraps up in Cape Town, we are faced with a pressing question: Can we genuinely fulfil the promise of eradicating energy poverty by 2030? The answer hinges not on foreign investment or external solutions, but rather on a...

Cameroon 2018-2025: A Logistics Hub in the Making, Driven by Ports and Highways

(Business in Cameroon) - Between 2018 and 2024, Cameroon launched or accelerated several major transport projects aimed at strengthening its role as a Central African logistics hub and improving access to key production areas. The main efforts...

The Mozart of pan

When one talks about pan wizardry, they can be referring to none other than iconic Phase II Pan Groove Steelband arranger Len “Boogsie” Sharpe. The late musicologist Pat Bishop anointed him with the famous title. The “boy from Benares Street”, St...

‘Plant availability, maintenance critical to energy security’

As Nigeria continues to struggle with persistent power outages and low electricity generation, experts have warned that plant availability and effective maintenance remain the country’s weakest links in achieving energy security. This comes as...

Pope Leo urges world leaders ‘not to look the other way’ in fighting global hunger

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday called on world leaders to show responsibility as he urged the international community to focus on the multitudes across the globe who face hunger, wars and misery. Addressing the World Food Day global ceremony...

African Development Bank, Republic of Congo sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for hosting of 2026 Annual Meetings

The African Development Bank Group and the Republic of Congo have signed a memorandum of understanding on the hosting and organization of the Bank’s 2026 Annual Meetings, scheduled to take place in May next year. Anatole Collinet Makosso, Prime...

NPFL kick off delays on card …amid club licensing, unpaid referee wages

The much-anticipated start of the Namibia Premier Football League (NPFL) seems to be in jeopardy, with several challenges risking delaying the 2025/2026 season even before it kicks off. The league probably will not start soon, as some newly...

EU to invest $636m in African power projects, including clean energy

The European Union has pledged 545 million euros ($636 million) for projects focused on modernizing power grids, increasing access to renewable energy, and supporting clean energy projects in nine African countries. “The choices Africa makes today...