Saving Uganda From Its Oil - By Jason Hickel

In 2006, Uganda confirmed the presence of enormous commercial petroleum reserves around Lake Albert along the country’s western border. Since then, geologists have proven at least 2 billion barrels...

Continent's Biggest Market Lies Within - By Timothy Spence

Global demand for African oil and precious metals has fuelled a continental surge in exports, helping some of the world's poorest countries rebound from the 2009 economic shock...

Winds Against the Soul of Petroleum Industry Bill - Tutu Folasade-Koyi

Sometime in 2008, anxious to address the seeming imbalance in the nation's petroleum industry, particularly where it tilts against government and accruable revenue there from, late President...

Abyei Ambivalant Even After Referendum - By Matthew Stein & Stephen Bol

As Sudan's leaders gathered in Khartoum on February 7, 2011 to announce the south's overwhelming vote in favor of succession, the issue of Abyei, a turbulent region at the crossroads of...