Thursday, June 11, 2009

African oil corp/ EAX Kenya oil exploration Deal

"Oil exploration activity in Eastern Africa hit a notch higher on Monday [June 1, 2009) after two international exploration firms, signed joint venture agreements to explore black gold in the arid northern Kenya region and parts of Ethiopia."

Africa Oil Corp- a Canadian oil and gas company with interests in exploration licenses in Puntland, Somalia- signed an agreement to jointly seek for oil and gas resources in Kenya’s Anza basin with oil exploration firm, East Exploration Limited (EAX). (EAX) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Black Marlin Energy who run offices in Mombasa, Dar es Salaam, Antananarivo and the UK from their headquarters in Dubai.

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Friday, June 05, 2009

WIKILEAKS WINS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR KENYA STORY

The Black Campaign reports that "Wikileaks won in this year's Amnesty International's Media Award, New Media category for their expose on Kenya's extrajudicial police killings. The report titled Kenya: The Cry of Blood - Extra Judicial Killings and Disappearances, was posted on Wikileaks' front page for an entire week beginning November 1st 2008."

Read the rest of the story here.