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Ethiopian government forces and allied units said they had taken control of the strategic town of Alamata in southern Tigray. The town is considered militarily and logistically important due to its location on the main route toward Mekelle.
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Libya’s National Oil Corporation said crude oil flows through the Sharara-Zawiya pipeline had resumed after Valve No. 7 was reopened, allowing production and pumping operations to gradually return to normal.
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Uganda’s Kingfisher Central Processing Facility has reached 99 percent completion, with pre-commissioning activities already underway as the country prepares for commercial oil production.
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Uganda has postponed the official opening of Kabalega International Airport until January 2027 as final works continue at the facility built to support the country’s oil and gas industry.
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni called for increased Japanese investment in agro-processing and asked Tokyo to support local governments with heavy road-construction equipment.
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Uganda’s public debt reached 143.92 trillion Ugandan shillings by the end of June 2026, according to Finance Ministry figures, with the debt-to-GDP ratio rising to 54.3 percent.
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Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced cabinet changes affecting the Energy, Works and Constitutional and Legal Affairs ministries.
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Tanzania is considering expanding domestic fertiliser production using its natural gas resources as part of efforts to reduce import dependence and strengthen food security.
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Tanzanian Vice President Deogratius Ndejembi has called for part of the revenues generated by public institutions to finance paid professional internships for 10,000 young people annually.
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Tanzania and Burundi have opened the seventh session of their Joint Permanent Commission for Cooperation in Bujumbura, covering sectors ranging from trade and energy to transport, defence and security.
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The planned Dangote East Africa Refinery in Lamu is expected to have a processing capacity of 700,000 barrels per day, making it one of the largest proposed energy investments in East Africa. The project is also facing a legal dispute over land at the proposed site.
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Kenya’s electricity system has lost its reserve capacity as demand continues to rise, with the reserve margin falling to around minus 1.5 percent by June 2026.
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Kenya aims to produce at least half of its essential medicines and other health products domestically by 2030 as part of efforts to reduce dependence on imports.
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