LOKICHAR, Kenya — On a recent Sunday afternoon in Lokichar, a small town in Kenya’s northern Turkana region, the expansive grounds of the Black Gold Hotel are deserted, aside from a couple of housekeepers seeking shade in the leafy courtyard beside the ...

Jamaica is weighing the economic and energy-security benefits of potential offshore oil development against the environmental and climate risks facing one of the Caribbean’s most vulnerable island nations.

Fossil fuels have enriched a wealthy few, undermined economic development and left African economies exposed to external shocks, a new report published May 8 in Nairobi, Kenya, argues. Examining 13 oil- and gas-producing African nations, the report ...

Donald Trump returned to office with a vow to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) “right to the top” after his predecessor Joe Biden had overseen a historic release to mitigate the painful oil price spike after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.