Ghana : Unitization - an Indispensable Practice in the Oil And Gas Industry (AllAfrica.com)

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Sao Tome invites offers for oil exploitation (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Authorities in tiny Sao Tome and Principe on Tuesday opened the tender process for exploiting oil reserves in the archipelago's waters.

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This struggle, he said, was mainly using her talent and flair for writings, through which poetry became a powerful weapon in the fight to rescue the identity of Africans.

ERHC Energy Inc. to Hold Annual Shareholders Meeting on April 27, 2010 (Marketwire)

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - March 11, 2010) - ERHC Energy Inc. ( OTCBB : ERHE ), a publicly traded American company with oil and gas assets in the highly prospective Gulf of Guinea off the coast of West Africa, today announced that its Annual Shareholders Meeting will be held at 3:00 p.m. Central Time on April 27, 2010. The meeting will be held at The Renaissance Houston Hotel, 6 Greenway Plaza ...

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The Second Assembly of the CPLP had its beginning on Monday and ordered the creation of three specialized standing committees, namely "Policy, Strategy, Law, Citizenship and Movement", "Economy, Environment and Co-operation and" Language, Education, Science and Culture, "in the shortest time.

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The Angolan official also said that the mutual respect for the sovereignty of each country and reciprocal advantages in the act that are established among the integrants are key elements for the fruitful construction among the member states.

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"Trade, business cooperation in various fields, social solidarity, demand for technical and academic training, qualified medical assistance and tourism involve the movement of people and goods, which need practical and balanced solutions, "stressed the speaker, who also listed the consolidation of relations between member countries and support to the public and private business.

Transparency program results 'dismal' (UPI)

WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) -- Participation has been "dismal" in an international program designed to show how nations profit from oil, gas and mining, human rights activists said.

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The integrity of EITI is on the line. The EITI Board should only grant extensions for legitimate reasons. Lack of political commitment and willful neglect shouldn't be used as excuses to get more time.

Africa : Decisive Moment for Global Transparency Effort - Most Countries Miss Deadline to Demonstrate Openness on ... (AllAfrica.com)

An international initiative that seeks to promote more openness about how countries profit from their oil, gas, and mining resources should not weaken its modest membership standards because governments are unable or unwilling to meet them, Human Rights Watch said today.