Mozambique’s long-held dreams of natural gas have got a fresh boost following an estimated $1.1 billion contract award by ExxonMobil for the Rovuma LNG Phase 1 project in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region. The signing of the contracts represents a big leap towards FID for the project, whose objective is to build onshore LNG facilities with […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola outbreak is in its seventh province and raises new questions on the matter. According to Congolese health officials, a case of Bundibugyo virus disease was confirmed in South-Ubangi province of northwestern DRC. The victim was a 23-year-old man who later succumbed to the infection. The latest case is important […]
A new Ebola case has been reported in rebel-held eastern Democratic Republic of Congo just weeks after AFC/M23 rebel forces said their areas are free of the disease. The Ebola case is related to a 21-year-old man who travelled from Butembo into North Kivu, which is under the control of the AFC/M23 rebels. The patient […]
Doctors in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing something they’ve never dealt with before: an Ebola outbreak that’s outpacing every containment effort thrown at it. The World Health Organization says infections are climbing at an “exceptional pace,” and with more than 3,600 confirmed cases and nearly 1,500 deaths so far, this has quietly become […]