Angola’s push to strengthen its place among Africa’s major oil producers has received another boost after Azule Energy awarded a $1 billion contract to Italian contractor Saipem for work on the Greater PAJ project. Saipem has won a $1 billion contract to build offshore infrastructure for Angola’s $5.1 billion Greater PAJ oil project. The contract…
As conflict, terrorism and geopolitical tensions continue to weigh on global stability, a handful of African countries have managed to stand out as islands of peace. Global peacefulness has declined for the 15th time in 18 years, dropping by 0.7% in the last year according to the Global Peace Index 2026. Ongoing conflicts, rising geopolitical…
Libya’s House of Representatives has criticised US Vice President JD Vance after he compared the risk of Iran’s collapse to Libya’s post-2011 instability, a period that disrupted the country’s oil-dependent economy and left it divided between rival political and armed factions. Libya’s House of Representatives criticized US Vice President JD Vance for comparing Iran policy…
