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Zwarte Piet (Black Pete)   Many Americans have never seen these unusual Christmas celebrations that occur in some European countries. Many say it was Holland’s Sinterklaas who inspired America’s modern-day Santa. North America’s Santa Claus developed in the 19th and 20th century as a modern perception of Father Christmas, Sinterklaas and Saint Nicholas. Most Americans […]

New producer Ghana targets $768 million from oil AFP ACCRA — Ghana, which only began large-scale oil production less than a year ago, is targeting oil revenue of about $768 million in 2012, the nation’s finance minister said on Wednesday. Presenting the government’s 2012 budget to parliament, Finance and Economic Planning Minister Kwabena Duffour also […]

Libya’s Oil Output Can Reach 800,000 Barrels by End of 2011 By Robert Tuttle and Nayla Razzouk Bloomberg Libya, the holder of Africa’s biggest oil reserves, will produce as much as 800,000 barrels of crude a day by the end of this year, the chairman of state-run National Oil Corp. said. ….The nation currently pumps […]

2 onshore Nigeria oil fields sold to local firms   Associated Press   LAGOS, NIGERIA— Nigeria’s state-run oil company says two onshore oil fields once owned by Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Eni SpA and Total SA have been sold to local firms.   The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. said in a statement Sunday the fields […]

China to make Nigeria regional manufacturing hub   By Ade Ogidan, Business Editor The Guardian (Nigeria)   From China, the world’s second biggest economy, came a pledge to turn around Nigeria’s industrial landscape and make the assessed biggest market in Africa a major manufacturing hub in the continent.   The disclosure was made during a […]

The population disaster looms mostly for Africa By GWYNNE DYER – Monday, November 7, 2011 The U.N. Population Fund’s own numbers tell the story. Africa currently has one-seventh of the world’s people: just over 1 billion. During the rest of the century, the U.N. agency predicts, this single continent will add an extra 2.6 billion […]

Google expanding operations in Nigeria   October 25, 2011 San Francisco Chronicle: Google says it is hiring in Nigeria and working with the government, businesses and universities to expand Internet access in Africa’s most populous nation.   The Mountain View company wants to tap unmet demand in the West African nation where Google estimates about 15 […]

Ghana is currently the world’s fastest growing economy in 2011   In an economic research by the Economy Watch led by Juan Abdel Nasser, Ghana is ranked the fastest economic growing country in the world. Many people assume China is the fastest economic growing country in the world, but that is not the case, it […]

Thursday, October 6, 2011 South Sudan has sold 22 million barrels of oil AFP – South Sudan has sold 22 million barrels of oil to international buyers through the north’s Port Sudan export terminal since independence, at an estimated value of $2.14 billion, the oil ministry said. “Since achieving independence on July 9, 2011, the ministry […]