Financial TimesOil producers optimistic that the slump is overFinancial TimesAs several of the world's top oil executives rolled up at a Mayfair hotel in London this week for an industry summit, Brent crude, their benchmark product, was trading at $52 …

The GuardianLiberia: the growth of a new palm oil frontierThe GuardianWith a sweat slicked forearm, Bacchus Wilson Panyonnoh hacks away the vines that snake over a young oil palm tree. He knows the rhythm of a whipping cutlass, the oppressive tropical heat …

The Guardian'There's no work, no money': oil-rich but desperately poor South Sudan shuts up shopThe GuardianCoupled with the global decline in oil prices and a costly pipeline deal with Sudan that grants its northern neighbour a fixed rate of $ …