Published: May 28, 2025 ✍️ Author: Global World Citizen Energy Desk 🌐 Source: GlobalWorldCitizen.com 📍 Category: African Energy, Global Oil Trade & Economic Development In a historic energy milestone, Nigeria has officially relinquished its long-standing position as Africa’s biggest fuel importer, thanks to the rise of Aliko Dangote’s massive 650,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery, now ramping up […]
Published: May 6, 2025 ✍️ By GlobalWorldCitizen.com Editorial Team 🔗 Source: GlobalWorldCitizen.com | Global Mining & Resources Desk Two of the world’s leading gold producers, Gold Fields Ltd. and AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., have officially paused negotiations to merge their flagship operations—Tarkwa and Iduapriem mines—in Ghana. The decision temporarily stalls plans for what could have become
Published Date: April 28, 2025 ✍️ Author: Global Trade & Finance Desk 🌐 Source: GlobalWorldCitizen.com As President Trump’s return to the White House reshapes global trade dynamics, countries around the world are quietly turning to Wall Street powerhouses like Goldman Sachs for behind-the-scenes guidance on how to avoid being hit with punitive U.S. tariffs. From
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Published: April 2, 2025 ✍️ Author: Global World Citizen – Africa Energy Desk 🌐 Source: GlobalWorldCitizen.com In a bold leadership move aimed at revitalizing its oil sector, President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria has appointed Bashir Ojulari, a seasoned energy executive and former head of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, as the new CEO of
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Published Date: March 21, 2025 Author: Global World Citizen Editorial Team Source: GlobalWorldCitizen.com 🌍 In a continent grappling with instability, economic hardship, and inflation, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) stands out as a beacon of resilience and progress. Often overlooked in global economic discussions, this West African nation of 31 million has quietly engineered one of
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July 19, 2024 at 4:00 AM GMT Former Bridgewater Associates LP partner Richard Okello’s Sango Capital Management is acquiring a majority stake in an African private equity fund managed by Synergy Capital Managers Ltd. Sango Capital plans to explore potential exits from assets predominantly located in Nigeria. Instead of a traditional purchase price for
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May 3, 2024,02:50am EDT Russian military personnel arrived at an airbase in Niger’s capital Niamey on Thursday, where some U.S. troops are stationed amidst an ongoing withdrawal of American forces from the country, confirmed Pentagon authorities. KEY FACTS Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, speaking to reporters in Honolulu, acknowledged the presence of Russian personnel at
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April 14, 2024 Saratu Dauda found herself in a terrifying situation in 2014 when she was abducted at the age of 16. She, along with her classmates, was packed into a truck by members of the terrorist group Boko Haram, heading into the bush in northeastern Nigeria. Behind them, their girls’ boarding school in Chibok
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Feb 10, 2024,05:07pm EST Herbert Wigwe, a co-founder of Nigeria’s largest bank, was among the six individuals who lost their lives in a helicopter crash in California on Friday, as reported by various sources. Key Facts: A Eurocopter EC 130 helicopter, carrying six people, crashed near Nipton, California, on Friday night. The Federal Aviation Administration
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