Mauritania’s government says that revenues from the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project will be crucial for development but conservationists say it will endanger the environment.
The freeing-up of energy generation in South Africa will be a significant boost both for business and for the country’s transition towards greener energy.
A report unveiled this week by the IPCC raises concern over whether enough is being done to shield Africa from the worst effects of a growing climate emergency.
The DRC is reportedly courting buyers for two oil exploration permits previously held by Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler. Could this be the start of the country’s oil bonanza?
Arab states are pushing for UN action in resolving the decade-long dispute over Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as Addis Ababa begins filling the dam for the second year running.
President Buhari has signed Nigeria's long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill into law. What exactly is at stake in the new Petroleum Industry Act, and will change finally be achieved?
Cyril Ramaphosa has pleased investors with new energy reforms and a long-awaited bid to part-privatise troubled South African Airways, but some critics say that selling off the airline is a mistake.
