Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd on Tuesday, demonstrators from the Korea district in Port Sudan closed the main road connecting the market to protest the severe water crisis and power outage of the city for more than a day.

Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that protesters set fire to tires and blocked the road with stones.

They said people gathered in the main road,"...

More than 20 former staff of South Sudan’s oil company (Nilepet) are demanding that they be reinstated to work.

The staff, mainly working at the depot, were sacked last week.

Nilepet management, in a letter Sudan Tribune obtained, instructed the staff to stay home until a “refinery kicks off soon as scheduled”.

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South Sudan and the Sudan have agreed to reopen oil wells in the contested Heglig area on their common border.

South Sudan's Information minister and government spokesman Michael Makuei announced that a joint team from Juba and Khartoum would soon assess the damage to the oil wells in the area inflicted by the 2012 war.

“The two sides have agreed to reopen all"...

Car owners and drivers of commercial vehicles in eastern Sudan’s Kassala are complaining about the newly set fuel quotas. People in West Kordofan denounce the rise of the public transport rates.

“Commercial vehicles are entitled to eight gallons and private cars six gallons,” a driver reported to Radio Dabanga from Kassala town.

The petrol and diesel"...

South Sudan has agreed with its northern neighbour Sudan to repair oil infrastructure facilities destroyed by conflict within three months to boost production in Africa’s youngest country.

Michael Makuei Lueth, South Sudan’s information minister, told Reuters officials agreed with their visiting Sudanese counterparts to “evaluate and assess the damage” to South Sudan’s oilfields in the Heglig area in the country’s"...

The Minister of Petroleum and Gas, Engineer Azhari Abdul-Gadir Abdallah, has appreciated the distinguished partnership between the Baker Hughes Company and Sudanese national companies operating in petroleum sector, indicating that this partnership will boost the petroleum sector and increase the oil production.
This came in his meeting with a delegation of the American Hughes Company in presence of the chairman of National Company for Upstream Solutions, Engineer Ahmed Abu-Baker.
The meeting discussed the implementation"...

The European Union (EU), Germany and indigenous renewable energy firm, Green Village Electricity (GVE) Project have completed and activated two solar mini grid plants with the collective capacity to generate 100 kilowatts (kW) of clean electricity to power two communities -- Angwan Rina and Demshin in Shendam Local Government Area of Plateau State.

With the completion and commissioning of the projects by the Plateau State Governor, Mr. Simon Lalong,"...

Global wind and solar developer Mainstream Renewable Power has completed financial close for the Kangnas and Perdekraal East Wind Farms in South Africa, which have a combined capacity of 250 megawatts (MW).

A consortium led by Mainstream was awarded the contracts for the wind farms by the Department of Energy under the fourth round of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP).

The"...

President Uhuru Kenyatta has flagged off the first consignment of crude oil destined for export from Kenya, which will lead to oil becoming a major contributor to the nation’s economy.

The President flagged off trucks loaded with crude oil from Ngamia 8, in the Turkana oil fields as part of the Early Oil Pilot Scheme.

“A great day for Kenya,” the President"...

Memorandum on oil investment in Sudan and training of Sudanese cadres was signed, Friday by the Ministry of Oil and Gas and the Turkish Oil Company .
Minister of Oil and Gas, Engineer, Azhari Abdulgader Abdulla signed for Sudan and the Representative of the Turkish Company signed for his country .
This came during the visit to Turkey by a high level Sudanese delegation including Ministers of Oil and Finance in response to an invitation extended by the Turkish Minister of Economy .
The delegation which will"...