Nigeria
NLNG'S FINANCIAL WOES

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WARNING FOR THE REVEREND

Sudan
IRAQ SAID TO ENTER PICTURE

Spotlight | Tanzania
IMF SHOWS A TOUGH GRIP

Gabon
OXY TO DRILL IN 900M

Spotlight | South Africa
ENERGY WEEK

Sudan
LOAN THAT NEVER WAS

Ethiopia
AFAR EXPLORATION'S MAJOR GAMBLE

Sierra Leone
DE BEERS ARRIVES BY SEA

Madagascar
NEW YORK LIES JUST OVER THERE...

Spotlight | Madagascar
RECIPROCAL MISTRUST

Gabon
OIL MINISTER WITH A WORLD BANK PROFILE

Congo
ELF TAKES NEW EXPLORATION TACK

Congo
AGIP CONGO TO REMAIN AND OXY ASKED TO EXPLORE

Sudan
RIEK MACHAR THENY DHURGON

Spotlight | Djibouti
THE CARROT AND THE STICK

Zaire
COUNTING ON FRIENDS

Equatorial Guinea
NEW GOVERNMENT

Libya
OILINVEST: NEW PARTNERS

Cameroon
YAOUNDE IN NEW PUSH

Madagascar
SECURITY BOOM

Spotlight | Kenya
BRUSHWOOD FIRES WITH DONORS

Zaire
NEW QUARREL OVER PRICES

Nigeria
NEW MINISTER AND STATE SECRETARY FOR OIL

Spotlight | Algeria
NEW RACE AGAINST TIME

Mozambique
OILY MANOEUVRES

Comoros islands
KNOTTY ISSUE

Kenya
PRICE CONTROLS TO BE LIFTED

France
BERNARD ESAMBERT TIPPED FOR ELF CHAIRMANSHIP

Comoros islands
NEW TALK OF PRIVATIZATION

Spotlight | Kenya
BACK TO NORMAL RELATIONS WITH IMF

Comoros islands
SERIOUS ATTEMPTS TO BALANCE FINANCES

Kenya
ACUTE PRODUCT SHORTAGE

South Africa
MOSSREF SHIPS ALCOHOL TO BRAZIL

Nigeria
NEW PROJECTS OUTLINED

Spotlight | Nigeria, North Africa
GAS: THE AWAKENING

Spotlight | Madagascar
ECONOMIC DEADLINE

Spotlight | Angola
EVER-RELIABLE PARTNERS

Spotlight | Comoros islands
SHADY STOCK DEALINGS IN US

Spotlight | Somalia
FRANCE PULLING OUT THE STOPS