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Nigeria
Shell picks partners for Bonga North development

The British-Dutch major is hoping to hit the ground running on development phase 1 of one of the largest oilfields in Nigeria.

Angola
Lobito Corridor rare earths capture London's interest

The British government hopes that other companies will follow in the footsteps of the Pensana mining group, which is building Angola's first rare earth mine through one of its subsidiaries.

Equatorial Guinea
New US ambassador in Malabo revealed

Diplomat Amanda Jacobsen is set to take over as head of the US embassy in Malabo in the coming months, replacing David Gilmour, who has held the post since 2022.

Nigeria
ExxonMobil close to concluding asset sale to Seplat

Seplat has still not received final approval from the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission for its $1.3bn deal with US group ExxonMobil.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Patrick Pouyanné, Paul Kagame, Mohammed VI

Intrigues big and small - every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRCTshisekedi's Caribbean stay

CARGrey clouds hang over Touadéra's birthday weekend

RwandaTotalEnergies boss Pouyanné to attend Kigali CEO forum

MoroccoMohammed VI invites clerics to palace

Nigeria
ExxonMobil mulls floating unit for Owowo offshore

The US major is considering using an FPSO at the Owowo field, but Nigeria's increasingly stringent local content requirements could hobble this option.

Mozambique
SADC special forces begin Cabo Delgado withdrawal

A first SADC military contingent has withdrawn from northern Mozambique, and the rest are due to follow suit by the end of July.

Equatorial Guinea
Teodorin Obiang offers Zafiro and Fortuna fields to ENI

Equatorial Guinean Vice-President Teodorin Obiang Nguema has proposed to ENI that the Italian firm take over the management of the Zafiro offshore oil field and of the Fortuna gas field.

Gabon
Savannah Energy joins the race for a share of Carlyle's oil assets

The company owned by British national Andrew Knott, along with half a dozen other oil companies, is positioning itself to profit from the sale of assets producing some 45,000 barrels per day.