Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited alongside French energy major, TotalEnergies, will invest a swooping sum of $550 million to develop gas facilities in oil-rich Rivers State.
A Calgary oil and gas company has been ordered to abandon close to 1,000 wells, pipelines, and other facilities over concerns about care and maintenance of the sites.
But questions remain about…
A massive heat dome is settling over Eastern Canada and the Eastern and Midwestern United States this week, with weathercasters warning that temperatures will hit 35°C and humidity will make it feel…
Four years after Montreal decided to make a 2.5-kilometre stretch of a busy downtown artery car-free every summer, the transformation continues to receive rave reviews from users and local businesses.
Global Principles for Information Integrity address risks posed by advances in AI
United Nations, New York, 24 June 2024 – The world must respond to the harm caused by the spread of online hate and…
The Ontario government is drawing a line against solar farms on prime agricultural land as it considers its next wave of renewable energy projects.
“All procurements will ensure that no new projects…
New York, 20 June 2024 – The biggest ever standalone public opinion survey on climate change, the Peoples’ Climate Vote 2024, shows 80 percent – or four out of five – people globally want their…
Brussels, 24 June 2024
President Martin Bursik and Director Prof. Dr. Dörte Fouquet launched EREF recommendations for a fast transformation to a renewable-based and efficient EU energy system as…
A draft law is being prepared in Ivory Coast. The bill, described as "binding", focuses on the fight against climate change in this West African country.
It’s been a long time coming! Ivory Coast…
NIAMEY, June 14 (Reuters) - Niger has shut off oil exports to China via its pipeline to Benin's coast, Oil Minister Mahamane Moustapha Barke Bako said on Thursday, deepening a standoff between the…
Accra, Ghana —
Exasperated Ghanaians already grappling with frequent, unplanned power outages are steeling themselves for more misery after electricity distributors announced increased disruption to…
Power cuts are expected to last at least another three weeks in parts of Ghana because of a shortage of supplies from Nigeria.
A statement from the state power firm said a temporary shutdown for…
The G7 summit opened Thursday (Jun. 13) in Italy. A session focused on investments and infrastructures projects in Africa.
The Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGI) program…
More armed conflicts took place in 2023 than in any other year since the end of World War II, a new study has found.
The Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO) said 59 armed conflicts took place…
Sudan is facing a famine that could become worse than any the world has seen since Ethiopia 40 years ago, US officials have warned, as aid deliveries continue to be blocked by the warring armies but…
Malik Agar, the deputy chairman of the army-dominated Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council, left no doubt about his country's position in comments made in June on the sidelines of the…
The World Economic Forum’s 2024 Global Gender Gap Report reveals that achieving gender parity worldwide remains a distant goal, projected to take five more generations. However, this year’s historic…
ABUJA, June 11 (Reuters) - Nigeria's state firm NNPC has signed an agreement with Golar LNG (GLNG.O) to deploy a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessel off the coast of its oil-rich Niger Delta…
More than 34 million Americans are preparing for extreme temperatures, as a heat dome descends on the western part of the US this week.
Forecasters are warning residents in California, Nevada,…
Following the European parliament elections of 2019, the newly elected president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, told MEPs: “If there is one area where the world needs our…