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Two fuel tankers on Wednesday exploded in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria. One of the tankers exploded at a gas station in Wuse neighborhood, while the other exploded near a gas station at Maitama. Details of the cause of the explosion and the casualties recorded is not known yet, but report says one person has been found seriously wounded.

The Sudanese government announced today that it will reach oil production of 180,000 barrels per day, bpd, as of 2012, almost six months after the oil-rich south became an independent state. The state minister of energy Ali Ahmed Osman told the parliament that Sudan currently produces 117,900 bpd and projected an average of 320,000 bpd between the years 2013-2016. He ...

An atmosphere of uneasy calm pervaded the capital yesterday with nervous residents going about their normal business although uncertain what would happen the next minute. Parents rushed to schools to pick up their wards, while some schools closed their doors on Monday amidst looming tension, following threats from officials of the Congress for Democratic Change or CDC to stage another ...

Africa needs trade and investments and not aid to promote its economic emancipation and development, Mr AI Washington, the Executive Director of Africa-USA International Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AF-USA) has indicated. He said Africans in the Diaspora held about $50 billion annually and over $40 billion dollars as remittances to Saharan Africa. Mr Washington said due to lack of ...