Tag: fuel
SANDF struggling to source fuel
In broad terms food (rations), fuel and transport are essential to the functioning of any military force, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) included...
Sudan running out of essential medicine, fuel and wheat due to...
Sudan is about to run out of essential medicine, fuel and wheat after political protests forced the closure of Port Sudan, the main port...
US, Mali sign agreement for fuel donation
US Ambassador Dennis Hankins and the Malian Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs Major General Ibrahim Dahirou Dembele have signed a memorandum of understanding...
Mnangagwa condemns crackdown
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised action in response to a brutal crackdown by security forces on anti-government protesters, as two supporters spoke of a...
Violence against Zimbabweans to be investigated
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to investigate violence against civilians who joined protests and punish misconduct by security forces, as the country's rights commission...
Zimbabwe fuel protests turn deadly
Several people were killed and about 200 arrested during protests in Zimbabwe government said, two days after it raised the price of fuel in...
Protests follow massive Zimbabwe fuel price hike
Protesters barricaded roads and burned tyres in a suburb of Zimbabwe'scapital Harare, two days after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a massive fuel price hike...
Fuel smuggling under the spotlight in Libya
Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) is considering using a chemical marking system to help trace oil products smuggled out of the country,...
Italy breaks up Libyan fuel smuggling ring
Sicilian police want nine people, including a suspected mobster, arrested for running a Libyan fuel-smuggling ring in which at least 30 million...
U.N. resolution targets Libyan fuel smugglers
The U.N. Security Council has extended sanctions on illegal oil exports from Libya to cover refined petroleum products as well, in a...
Burundi paralysed by fuel shortages
Fuel shortages have paralysed the small central African nation of Burundi, threatening further damage to an economy already moribund after years of...
Foreign flights to Nigeria forced to refuel elsewhere
Foreign airlines flying to Nigeria have started to refuel abroad to bypass pricey, and increasingly scarce, jet fuel as the oil producer...
Domestic flights in Nigeria disrupted by fuel shortage
Fuel shortages have caused an increase in cancellations and delays to internal flights in Nigeria over the last few days, a spokesman...
“World over-armed and peace under-funded” – Ban Ki-moon
The UN Security Council at its ministerial level meeting this week voiced grave concern at the illicit transfer, destabilising accumulation and misuse...
African airlines to jointly purchase fuel
Nine airlines that are part of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) have launched a programme to jointly purchase fuel in an attempt...
Mining, agriculture may brighten Liberia’s future
Big mining and agriculture projects will fuel a rapid economic expansion in Liberia in the coming years, but the country faces challenges...
Air Zimbabwe resumes flights after fuel shortage
Air Zimbabwe on Friday resumed international flights after resolving a payment dispute with fuel suppliers that left passengers stranded after the airline...
Turkey sends more fuel to Libya as rebels advance
Turkey is ramping up shipments of diesel to Libyan rebels, effectively joining Qatar and trader Vitol in fuelling the uprising against leader...