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OPEC-Nigeria Talks Discuss Market Recovery After Covid-19

H.E. Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, OPEC SG
H.E. Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, OPEC SG

 

OPEC-Nigeria Talks Discuss Market Recovery After Covid-19

The OPEC-Nigeria Bilateral Meeting that took place last week has sent yet another signal of the strong dialogue and cooperation between OPEC and Africa’s biggest producing country.

Such a dialogue is key for compliance with the OPEC global production cuts deal of April, to which all of OPEC’s African member countries have agreed to. Nigeria’s support to global market stability and energy cooperation is significant and gives confidence to operators and future investors seeking to do business in West Africa.

“African producers and service companies are the hardest hit when there is volatility in the market. H.E. Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo and Dr. Ayed S. Al-Qahtani leading these discussions sends a strong message that collaboration and sticking to the principles of a stable market is good for Nigeria, its producers and the economy at large,” stated NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman at the African Energy Chamber.

“We continue to support the Government of Nigeria, and the country’s Ministry of Petroleum Resources in their effort to improve the environment for investment and getting the industry to rebound post-Covid-19. We believe they are right in making this a priority and we welcome the bold initiatives by Nigeria’s leadership,” he added.

Nigeria’s ongoing Marginal Fields Bidding Round was launched in earlier this year and has already been met with significant success, reportedly attracting hundreds of bidders. The round is expected to result in a new wave of local content development in Nigeria, a country already widely regarded as the most successful example of local content and capacity building across the continent.

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Zambian in police net for wearing miniskirt

Miniskirt
Miniskirt

 

Zambian ‘arrested for wearing miniskirt’

A 16-year-old Zambian girl has spent the last two weeks in police cells after being arrested for allegedly walking past a police station wearing a miniskirt, according to local newspapers.

The girl and her 28-year-old aunt are accused of conducting themselves in a manner likely to cause breach of peace on 22 December, report the Times of Zambia and Zambia’s Daily Mail.

The duo denied the charge.

The newspapers go on to say that the two appeared before the magistrate’s court on Thursday.

A police officer asked her why she was wearing a short skirt, according to the Daily Mail.

In response, the aunt wondered why the officer was questioning the length of her niece’s skirt when he did not question other women with similar attire.

It is alleged that this response did not go down well with the officer who immediately detained them.

The trial starts on 14 January. (BBC)

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Again, South Africans attack H&M Clothing Line over racist model

H&M Clothing Line
H&M Clothing Line

Again, South Africans attack H&M Clothing Line over racist model

Members of South Africa’s radical opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), have once again stormed clothing chain H&M at the Mall of Africa, near Johannesburg, TimesLive reports.

The move is part of its ongoing protest against the fashion chain for advertising a brand with a controversial picture of a black child, which was interpreted to be racist.

The picture, which H&M apologised for several days ago, had shown a young black boy modelling a green hoodie with “coolest monkey in the jungle” written on it.

The company was widely criticised on social media for the advertisement.

On Saturday, EFF members stormed H&M stores in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape Town leading the fashion chain to the close 17 stores, IOL reports.

Meanwhile‚ the foundation of the late anti-apartheid activist, Ahmed Kathrada, said the H&M management and marketing division should undergo anti-racism and diversity training so that “there can be a change of attitude within the company around issues related to race”.

South African protesters vandalized a half-dozen the stores Saturday following the clothing brand’s racist advertisement that prompted outrage earlier this week, according to Reuters.

The EFF targeted six stores in and around Johannesburg, saying that “there must be consequences to anti-black racism, period!”

“The time of apologies for racism are over; there must be consequences to anti-black racism, period!” EFF spokesman Mbuyiseni Ndlozi wrote on Twitter.

H&M’s website recently featured a young Black boy modeling a green sweatshirt with the phrase “Coolest Monkey In The Jungle” printed on the front.

The organisation has since apologized more than once for the advertisement, and they have lost deals with stars like the Weeknd and G-Eazy.

Local reports say that South African police had to use rubber bullets to disperse some of the protestors.

“Police had to intervene and dispersed the group of protesters by firing rubber bullets,” Police spokesperson, Colonel Lungelo Dlamini,  told local News24.

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