A Russian missile has hit a tanker that has been drifting in the Black Sea for over four months and had been carrying diesel, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported on Thursday, citing Ukraine's military which called the ship an "ecological bomb".
Crude oil theft in Nigeria poses an existential threat to the country's oil industry, the local head of Shell told an energy conference on Wednesday, adding this has resulted in the shutdown of two of its major pipelines.
Africa's top public health body said on Thursday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Pfizer for countries on the continent to receive supplies of the Paxlovid pill to treat COVID-19.
U.S. crypto lender Voyager Digital said Wednesday it had filed for bankruptcy, becoming another casualty of a dramatic fall in prices that has shaken the cryptocurrency sector.
Gambia and the World Bank signed a $68 million grant on Tuesday to revive the West African country's tourism sector, representatives of both parties announced.
Years-long travel bans and asset freezes against some of Egypt's most prominent activists are being used to muzzle civil society and are exacting lasting damage on the personal lives of those targeted, according to two reports by human rights groups.
Sudan's military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan issued a decree relieving the five civilian members of the sovereign council from their duties, a statement on the council's telegram account said on Wednesday.
OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo has died, the boss of Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) announced on Wednesday.
OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo said on Tuesday the oil and gas supply shortage could be eased if extra supplies from Iran and Venezuela were allowed on the market.
NATO's 30 allies signed an accession protocol for Finland and Sweden on Tuesday, allowing them to join the nuclear-armed alliance once parliaments ratify the decision, the most significant expansion of the alliance since the 1990s.
Tunisia's president said on Tuesday his proposed constitution would not restore authoritarian rule, hitting back at criticism from across the political spectrum and urging people to support it in this month's referendum.
A U.N.-appointed mission to Libya said on Monday there are "probable mass graves" yet to be investigated, possibly as many as 100, in a town where hundreds of bodies have already been found, and it urged Tripoli to keep searching.
Over four decades after they became extinct locally, rhinos are roaming again the wilds of Mozambique, which is bringing the endangered species from South Africa in efforts to breathe new life into its parks and boost local tourism.
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday lifted economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali, after its military rulers proposed a 24-month transition to democracy and published a new electoral law.
Cryptocurrencies are the solution to tackling financial exclusion in the Central African Republic, its President Faustin-Archange Touadera said on Sunday, citing the cost of opening bank accounts.
South African state power utility Eskom said on Sunday it would extend daily power cuts all through next week as generation capacity shortage continues.
The U.S. government has ordered 2.5 million more doses of Bavarian Nordic's vaccine for use against monkeypox outbreaks, the Department of Health and Human Services said on Friday.
Fifteen Black former or current employees at Tesla (TSLA.O) filed a lawsuit against the electric car maker on June 30, alleging they were subjected to racial abuse and harassment at its factories.
Tunisia's president published a planned new constitution on Thursday that he will put to a referendum next month, expanding his own powers and limiting the role of parliament in a vote most political parties have already rejected.
South Africa state-owned utility Eskom has implemented the worst power cuts the country has seen in more than two years this week. Earlier, it blamed outages on striking workers hampering efforts to bring faulty generation units back online.
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