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Algiers, Algeria | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Algeria’s leader Abdelmadjid Tebboune has held talks with Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, who is on a three day visit to the north African country. The talks are said to have covered several areas of mutual interest, as Algeria reportedly plans to spend $1 …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Final Investment Decision for Uganda’s Oil and Gas refinery project is set for June, this is according to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development. The refinery was one of the three projects mooted more than a decade ago, but little has been said …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Albertine Graben Refinery Project in Hoima will be one of the big oil and gas infrastructure projects to look out for in 2023 in Uganda and Africa. The 60,000 barrels per day refinery is one of the 70 new oil and gas projects that …

Paris, France | Xinhua | Strikes in France’s major refineries continued on Monday, leading to fuel-related panics in the country. The strikes at TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil refineries will extend to Tuesday, the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) said. According to the Ministry for Energy Transition, 29.4 percent of service stations …

Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commissioned the $15million Kinyara Industrial White Sugar Refinery plant in Masindi District. The refinery which was commissioned yesterday, is the first in East Africa constructed by Kinyara Sugar Ltd in Bujenje county Masindi district. It will produce 60,000 metric …

  Why environmentalists fear fumes but want the oil Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda’s contribution of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere—one of the gases that are infamous for the global climate change crisis—is at the moment insignificant. Uganda accounts for only 0.01% of the total global carbon emissions …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Uganda oil agreements: Why experts don’t know whether to celebrate or criticise THE LAST WORD Michela Wrong’s Rwanda hatchet job part 2: She was taken for a ride by Karegyeya, Kayumba, Sendashonga’s wife …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government and oil companies have failed to reach a consensus on key issues which could potentially create more delays for the Final Investment Decision (FID). The delay is a setback to the planned construction of the pipeline and the refinery. The contentious issues …

Why Africa Gold Refinery is unhappy with URA’s licensing of new refineries Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Executives at the East Africa’s largest refinery, Africa Gold Refinery are nervous about the future of the country’s precious industry. The firm’s Chief Executive Officer, Alain Goetz, said during the 2018 Mineral Wealth …

Agreement seen as a key step towards the construction of $4bn facility Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On April 10, Uganda moved closer to building a $4bn oil refinery in Hoima following the signing of an agreement between the government and a consortium of companies led by U.S giant, General …