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DRC, Uganda in talks over use of crude oil pipeline

Talks are ongoing between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda about possible use of the east African country’s planned controversial pipeline for transporting Uganda’s crude to foreign markets when it begins production in 2025. Uganda is developing the $3.5 billion 1,445-kilometer East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) that will start from oil fields […]

Tanzania inks $667mil. deals with three Australian miners for rare earth, graphite projects

Tanzania has inked deals worth $667 million with three Australian companies to mine rare earth minerals and graphite, part of President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s drive to fast-track negotiations on long-pending mining and energy projects. Tanzania’s president has witnessed the signing of the deals at a function held at Chamwino State House in Dodoma. Under the […]

South Sudan Leaders Move to Revise 2018 Peace Deal Ahead of 2026 Elections

President Salva Kiir convened, on 10 December 2025, a rare gathering of South Sudan’s political leaders in Juba to recalibrate the final phase of the country’s long-delayed transition. Officials confirmed that the parties agreed to amend several provisions of the 2018 ‘Revitalized Peace Agreement’, aiming to clear obstacles to the December 2026 elections. The adjustments, […]