By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Hapijournal
Libya's National Oil Corporation has restarted the pipeline linking the Hamada and Tahara oil fields to the Zawiya refinery. Its chairman announced the reopening on Saturday, according to Reuters.
Libya’s Central Bank is withholding the approved budgets of the National Oil Corporation, which says it transferred $1.23 billion by 13 October 2026. The block jeopardises payments owed to international oil services companies, production and maintenance projects, the Libya Herald reports.
🇱🇾 Libya · Source: Libya Herald ·
Senegal’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleum announces that supplies of premium petrol and diesel in Dakar will return to normal from Saturday 24 October 2026. The end of the hydrocarbon transporters’ strike should allow deliveries to resume, according to the ministry statement.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Lesoleil ·
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye inaugurated the 15th company of the National Fire Brigade in Diamniadio and announced 11 billion CFA francs to strengthen emergency services. The funding is included in the 2026 supplementary finance law to improve their territorial coverage, Senenews reports.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Senenews ·
Libyan oil company AGOCO has begun the final stages of replacing about 100 kilometres of the 34-inch pipeline linking the Sarir oilfield to the Hariga terminal in Tobruk. After 30 months of work, the live connection has been completed, the company said, describing the project as a way to support production and crude supplies.
🇱🇾 Libya · Source: Libya Herald ·
Libya flour price falls below 325 dinarsThe price of a quintal of flour in Libya fell from 380 to less than 325 dinars through direct sales from mills to bakeries, a decrease of more than 14.5%. Libya’s Economy Ministry linked the change to the replenishment of soft-wheat stocks, Libya Herald reports, although it found no fall in bread prices in Tripoli.
Tlemcen desalination plant to produce 150,000 cubic metres per dayThe first phase of the Marsa Ben M’Hidi seawater desalination plant in Tlemcen is expected to produce 150,000 cubic metres of drinking water per day. Studies and plans are complete, while site development precedes concrete pouring, according to APS.The week in Africa
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