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Nigerian Oil and other major oil contracts moved higher after an attack on Saudi Arabia's closure of a key crude oil pipeline hit the market, disrupting a crucial route for avoiding the Strait of Hormuz during the US-Iran war.

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CBE Quarterly Review: June 2026

Dangote Group will begin work on its proposed $17 billion oil refinery in Kenya by the end of September, with the facility expected to be completed within three years.

Days after a deadly school fire on 11 September in Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, families gathered at a morgue ahead of a funeral service.

African Infrastructure Elites: People and Projects is inviting organisations across Africa’s power, water, energy and transport infrastructure sectors to nominate outstanding leaders and projects for its 2026/2027 edition, while opening opportunities for brands to participate through advertising, advertorial and editorial partnerships. Brought to you by ESI Africa, part of VUKA Group, African Infrastructure Elites is entering its 11th edition with an expanded focus spanning power, energy, water, sanitation, transport, smart and digital solutions and infrastructure investment.…

The $4.2 billion Temple data center campus by Rowan Digital Infrastructure is making progress in Temple’s approval process. This comes even as community members continue to raise concerns about electricity consumption and water usage. As a result, the three-project development – Project Temple, Project Stampede and Project Ranger – will generate significant private investment, construction […]

Effingham County leaders are holding a community town hall Monday to discuss the proposed $20 billion OpenAI data center, Project Camellia. Therefore, the Georgia Conservation Voters Education Fund and 100 Miles are bringing the “Data Centers, Energy & Our Community: What’s at Stake?” event to Springfield. The community has been concerned by the project being […]

To fight the ever-present problem of rubbish choking the public space in Kinshasa and other vicinities, the country has found an unlikely solution: ex-criminals drafted into the National Service to clean the streets. But is this measure really that efficient?

Air pollution leads to different risk of bacterial pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis, depending on the subtype of bacteria a person has, new research suggests. The study from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, and collaborators, suggests that the subtype of the bacteria, Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) , together with air pollution exposure, impacts the rate and timing of invasive disease. With some strains linked to immediate infection after air pollution exposure, and some taking several weeks.…