Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, prime minister of Uganda, has welcomed the commissioning of the Kingfisher Access Road, which connects western Ugandan oil fields, as an important milestone in the country's development

SDX Energy and Dana Petroleum have commenced drilling operations on its high-impact exploration well on Bakassi West, Cameroon

The impact of falling oil prices on the economies of Chad and Cote d'Ivoire will be on the agenda when leaders from both countries meet with Mr Mitsuhiro Furusawa, deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), this week

Shell has overtaken Chevron to become the world's second largest non-state oil company, in the wake of the company's acquisition of BG Group

Kinshasa-based energy company, Orion, remains upbeat about its prospects in central and western Africa, despite the low oil price environment