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Nigeria police arrest 27 oil thieves at pipeline

YoopyaMay 9, 20120

PORT HARCOURT (Reuters) – Nigerian troops have arrested 22 Ghanaians and five Nigerians whom they caught stealing from an oil pipeline in the Niger Delta,

Libya holds first civilian trial of alleged Gaddafi supporters

YoopyaMay 9, 20120

ZAWIYAH, Libya (Reuters) – Libya began its first civilian trial of alleged supporters of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime on Tuesday, officials said, as five men accused

Glencore dismisses calls for Congo probe

YoopyaMay 9, 20120

LONDON (Reuters) – Commodities trader Glencore told shareholderS on Wednesday that it was confident its transactions in the Democratic Republic of Congo were “entirely proper”

Libya police end Agoco protest, secure offices

YoopyaMay 9, 20120

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan security forces have put an end to a protest that closed off the headquarters of the country’s biggest oil company

Oil prices, soft China growth pose risk to S.Africa GDP

YoopyaMay 8, 20120

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Rising global oil prices and slower growth in key trading partners China and India pose a risk to South Africa’s economic

Tullow Oil says finds more oil in Kenya well

YoopyaMay 8, 20120

By Kelly Gilblom NAIROBI (Reuters) – Tullow Oil has found more oil in a well it is drilling in Kenya and plans to drill another

Power cuts slow Tanzanian economic growth

YoopyaMay 8, 20120

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Frequent power blackouts caused Tanzania’s economic growth rate to slow to 6.5 percent in the fourth quarter of last year

Egypt election committee halts work after criticism

YoopyaMay 8, 20120

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s presidential elections committee said it would stop its work in preparation for presidential elections due later this month after what it

S.Africa mine deaths fall to monthly low

YoopyaMay 7, 2012May 7, 20120

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A safety crackdown on the South African mining industry reduced the number of fatalities in the country’s mines to three in April,

Moussa chases tribal votes in Egypt election

YoopyaMay 7, 20120

By Edmund Blair QANTARA, Egypt (Reuters) – Former Arab League chief Amr Moussa campaigned for the votes of influential tribes on Sunday in his battle