Earthquake engineering conference a sobering quake reminder for ...TVNZTomorrow, it will be 177 days since the Kaikoura quake hit on November 14, with widespread damage to buildings in Wellington being among the results.and more » Read more http …

UK Troops arrive in Juba to provide Engineering and Medical support to UNMISSReliefwebBritish Troops, proudly wearing their distinctive blue UN berets arrives in Juba today to join the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. The UK Contingent will provide M …

Economic TimesSudan won't extend ONGC's licence to operate oil blockEconomic TimesThe state oil companies of Sudan will now operate the 2B block. ONGC has stakes in two more producing blocks in Sudan, where the licence to operate will run till 2021 …

Oil workers seen as target in new phase of South Sudan's warWorldOil (subscription)JUBA, South Sudan (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil brings in the cash to keep South Sudan's army fighting. That may have made oil workers a target for rebels waging the Afri …

UN expert warns of South Sudan 'population engineering'ABC NewsSouth Sudan's government has begun a campaign of "population engineering" to relocate people over their ethnicity, a United Nations expert said Tuesday, as civil war conti …

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 $ …

MarketWatchUS stocks struggle to lift off, as oil turns positiveMarketWatchU.S. stocks were struggling for direction Wednesday, after oil prices vaulted higher on the heels of a report on crude inventories. Commodity investors focused on the drop in produc …

MarketWatchUS stocks pull back a day after rally, as oil retreatsMarketWatchU.S. stocks losses picked up early Wednesday after romping to one of their biggest gains a day earlier, as slumping oil prices following a report on supplies put pressure on the ma …

Deutsche WelleAfrica and the price of oilDeutsche WelleOil revenues make up almost 80 percent of Nigeria's export revenues. The oil money finances a great part of the budget of Africa's biggest economy. "We expect Nigeria's current budget …

RTRussia to freeze oil output at January level - PutinRTPutin said Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak is in constant talks with foreign oil exporters and has agreed with them that Russia will not increase oil exports. "It's been proposed that the vol …