Senegal May Build Second Oil Refinery to Foster Self-Sufficiency, Enhance West Africa’s Supply, Oil Company CEO Says

🛢The project plans to obtain refining capacity of 4 million tonnes by 2029, Mamadou Abib Diop, head of the national refining company SAR, stated at the African Energy Week in Cape Town.

Key information about the possible…

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Chad’s Parliament Approves Extending Presidential Term From Five to Seven Years

Deputies and senators adopted the constitutional revision that was approved by referendum in 2023.

The seven-year presidential term will also be renewable indefinitely.

✅Voting:

🟠 Proposal led by President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno’s Patriotic Salvation Movement.

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🇧🇫🇲🇱🇳🇪 The directors general of the state news agencies of Burkina Faso (AIB), Mali (AMAP), and Niger (ANP) signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at creating conditions for future cooperation in the field of print media and information.

The heads of the agencies signed the agreement in the presence of the ministers of communication of…

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🇪🇹 In Ethiopia, the groundbreaking ceremonies were held for the construction of a urea fertilizer production plant and an oil refinery.

The fertilizer plant will produce 3 million tons of urea annually. The raw materials will be supplied via a 108 km pipeline from the Kalub gas fields.

The capacity of the oil refinery in Goda will be 3.5…

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🇲🇱 Mali: Strikes on the Hydra

Over the past week, the Malian armed forces, supported by the African Corps, have conducted a series of successful operations against armed groups in various regions of the country.

More details on the latest operations:

In the Chuala-Vere and Kanabugu areas (Ségou), government forces eliminated two militants who…

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