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Ethiopia: Beneath Ogaden Sands - Somali Region's Pursuit of Rightful Share in Ethiopia's Energy Awakening

Justine

15 Oct 2025 — 1 min read

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[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Earlier this month, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the first phase of the Ogaden LNG Project in Calub, Somali Regional State, which has an annual production capacity of 111 million liters. He also laid the foundation stone for the construction of a urea fertilizer factory and a fuel refinery in the region. This follows the signing of a shareholders' agreement in August 2025 between the Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH), the government's strategic investment arm, and Nigeria's Dangote Group to

Nigeria: Anti-Tinubu Post - FG Amends Charges Against Sowore, Delists Facebook, X

[Vanguard] The Federal Government has amended the cybercrime charges it filed against activist and former presidential candidate of African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, for calling President Bola Tinubu a "criminal" in a publication he made on social media platforms.

Nigeria: Ministry Dismisses Northern Elders' Claim On Lagos Gold Refinery

[Leadership] The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development (MSMD) has dismissed claims by the Northern Elders' Forum (NEF) that the federal government sited a gold refinery in Lagos in violation of the principle of federal character, describing the allegation as false and misleading.

Nigeria: Cybercrime Against Tinubu - Sowore, Re-Arraigned, Trial for Jan 22

[Daily Trust] A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed January 22 for the definite trial of activist, Omoyele Sowore, in the amended Cyberbullying charges brought against him by the Department of State Service (DSS) for allegedly calling President Bola Ahmed Tinubu a 'criminal'.

Liberia: Boakai's Inner Circle Splits Over Re-Enacted Ports Regulatory Act

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Intense, high-level deliberations are underway at the Executive Mansion as President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. weighs whether to veto--again--the re-enacted Liberia Sea and Inland Ports Regulatory Act, exposing a sharp divide within his inner circle and placing the administration in a state of political and legal ambivalence.

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Nigeria: Anti-Tinubu Post - FG Amends Charges Against Sowore, Delists Facebook, X

Nigeria: Ministry Dismisses Northern Elders' Claim On Lagos Gold Refinery

Nigeria: Cybercrime Against Tinubu - Sowore, Re-Arraigned, Trial for Jan 22

Liberia: Boakai's Inner Circle Splits Over Re-Enacted Ports Regulatory Act