Oil giant firm, Royal Dutch Shell, has been forced to stop pumping from the Niger Delta, after a pipeline was sabotaged in the region.
An unknown amount of crude oil seeped from the pipelines into the surrounding area where militants have promised to launch attacks against the oil industry, officials said Sunday.
Nigerian oil pumping plummets after sabotage
Civilians killed in Somalia clashes
At least nine people, mainly civilians, have been killed in fresh fighting in the Somali capital, witnesses and medics have said.
Anti-government fighters clashed with African Union peacekeepers and government troops in southeastern Mogadishu in the early hours of Friday, resulting in the deaths.
Somali pirates release Greek tanker
Somali pirates have released a Greek-flagged oil tanker after receiving millions of dollars in ransom.
Sources from among the pirates on Monday confirmed that the Maran Centaurus, one of the largest ships ever hijacked, had been freed.
The pirates agreed to release the vessel after an aircraft dropped at least five million dollars in ransom on the deck.
South Africa expects slow recovery
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma says his country is recovering from the worst effects of the global economic crisis, though the revival will likely be slow.
Addressing tens of thousands of members of his governing African National Congress (ANC) Saturday, he said that job creation in the country will lag following the recovery.
