Sirius Energy Resources has been awarded an Oil Exploration License for the Grein Block in the North West Region of Niger

Marathon Oil Corporation has announced its intention to enter the Ethiopia market after acquiring Agriterra Limiteds 20 per cent working interest in the South Omo concession

ExxonMobil, Shell and Chevron have all shown an interest in developing Mozambiques gas fields, according to an executive from the country’s national oil company, Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH)

Canadian oil and gas explorer Simba Energy has said it will drill its first well in northeast Kenya in 2013