African and Mideast Business

Saudi Aramco plans debt market comeback with multi-tranche bond deal

Saudi Aramco profit falls 47% as COVID-19 saps global oil demand

Zambia’s risk of default highlights Africa’s debt crisis

Libya’s Haftar says he will lift oil blockade, with conditions

Gulf countries’ fiscal diets look increasingly risky amid oil price uncertainty

Iraq debates pushing for exemption from OPEC supply cut to support its battered economy

UAE aviation authority says it is committed to Boeing 737 Max’s safe return

South Africa’s economy sinks deeper into recession as COVID-19 lockdown continues

Caisse, DP World to invest $4.5-billion in global ports and terminals

West Africa’s BCEAO central bank reopens in Mali for first time since coup

Saudi crude oil exports plunge to record low in June

Mali gold miners keep digging, but military coup hits share prices

Nigeria’s long-awaited oil reform bill to go to president, sources say

Iranian oil minister says OPEC has raised and stabilized crude prices

Iraq oil exports rising despite OPEC+ pledge to cut supply

Angola resisting OPEC pressure to fully comply with oil supply cuts: sources

Iran plans to export oil from the Gulf of Oman to avoid Strait of Hormuz

South Africa’s mines record six COVID-19 deaths, 1,796 cases

Canadian miner Banro agrees to sale of Namoya gold mine in Congo

Barrick says there’s ‘absolutely no truth’ to release claiming it sold Lumwana copper mine

Qatar Airways sees slow recovery in travel from pandemic

Tim Hortons franchise in Middle East plans to expand after investment from Dubai-based fund: sources

OPEC+ likely to agree to cut production if U.S. joins effort: sources

Booking frenzy sends oil tanker rates soaring as OPEC opens taps

Saudi Arabia and Russia raise the stakes in oil standoff

Ethiopia report finds faulty sensor reading preceded crash of Boeing 737 Max

'Business is finished’: Iran’s merchants fear the worst as coronavirus spreads

Barrick sells Kenya exploration project to Shanta Gold in $14.5-million deal

Barrick CEO Bristow eyeing Freeport-McMoran’s Grasberg mine in Indonesia

Barrick to sell gold worth up to US$280-million with Tanzania export ban lifted

Barrick ends ‘long safari’ with deal to settle Tanzania tax dispute

South African Airways says flights operating as normal despite stalled bailout talks

Ghana wants to join new West African currency but urges others to ditch peg to euro

Uber’s US$3.1-billion takeover of Egyptian rival gets conditional approval from regulators

Emirates Airline president Tim Clark retiring in June 2020