SENEGAL’S 2025 OIL PRODUCTION SURPASSES FORECASTS, HITTING 36.1 MILLION BARRELS

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Senegal’s oil production for 2025 hit 36.1 million barrels, significantly surpassing earlier projections, the Ministry of Energy, Oil and Mines has reported.
Initial forecasts for the year had estimated output at 30.53 million barrels, which was later revised upward to 34.7 million barrels in June. Authorities credited the higher-than-expected production to “the good response of the reservoirs, proper maintenance of the wells, and strong operational performance.”
The country’s oil comes from the Sangomar offshore oil and gas field, located about 100 kilometres off the coast of Dakar and operated by Australian firm Woodside Energy since 2024.
According to the Ministry, three shipments of crude oil from Sangomar were exported in December 2025, totaling 2.94 million barrels on the international market.
Senegal also exceeded expectations in liquefied natural gas (LNG) production, achieving record output in December 2025 with exports of 0.5 million cubic metres that month.

Russia Claims Destruction of 249 Drones After Retaliatory Strike on Rostov Kills Three

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Russia has launched overnight missile and drone attacks on Kyiv, killing six people, after Ukraine launched a counter-attack on Russia’s Rostov region,  killing three people, according to authorities.

The heightened attacks came after US President, Donald Trump initially gave Kyiv until November twenty-seven, to respond to his proposal to end the fighting. Meanwhile, Russia’s defence ministry said it had also intercepted and destroyed two hundred and forty-nine Ukrainian drones overnight.

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, who welcomed the original US plan to end the fighting, has now threatened to seize more Ukrainian territory if Kyiv walks away from the negotiations.

Xi Jinping Presses Taiwan Claim to Trump, Prompting Taipei Rejection

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Taiwan Premier, Cho Jung-tai, has said that a return to China is not an option for the island’s twenty-three million people, after Chinese President, Xi Jinping, pressed his country’s sovereignty claims in a call with United States President, Donald Trump.

Xi earlier told Donald Trump, that Taiwan’s return to China at the end of World War Two was a key part of Beijing’s vision for the world order.

However, Taiwan’s democratically elected government strongly rejects China’s stance. Likewise, China offered Taiwan a one country, two systems model, but has also been rejected by President Lai Ching-te.

Guinea-Bissau Rivals Claim Victory Ahead of Official Presidential Results

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The two leading candidates in Guinea-Bissau’s presidential elections, have declared victory, even as the country awaits official results.

The camp of Fernando Dias, seen as the main challenger to President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, was the first to claim victory, when his agents claimed to have gulped more than fifty per cent of the vote.

According to elections expert, the competing claims could upset the political climate in the West African country that is prone to army takeovers of power.

Tinubu Warns Against ‘Outsourcing’ African Security, Rejects Private Military Contractors at AU-EU Summit

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President Bola Tinubu, has rejected the growing reliance on private military and security contractors in conflict zones in Africa, warning that their involvement undermines sovereignty and complicates counter-terrorism operations across the continent.

Speaking during the first plenary session on Peace, Security, Governance and Multilateralism, at the Seventh African Union–European Union Summit in Luanda, Angola, Tinubu said peace efforts must be led and owned by African governments rather than outsourced to private actors with opaque mandates. President Tinubu, who was represented by the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, argued that Africa’s security challenges, from terrorism to transnational organized crime, require coordinated state-driven responses, not parallel forces that weaken command structures. Similarly, Tinubu intensified Nigeria’s bid to secure permanent seats with veto-wielding authority in the United Nations Security Council for Africa

Trump Signs Bill to Release All Jeffrey Epstein Investigation Files

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## United States President Donald Trump has announced that he signed a bill ordering the release of all files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The bill requires the Justice Department to release all information from its Epstein investigation in a searchable and downloadable format within thirty days.

Trump previously opposed releasing the files, but he changed course last week after facing pushback from Epstein’s victims and members of his own Republican Party.

With his support, the legislation overwhelmingly cleared both chambers of Congress, the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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Anti-Migrant Group Operation Dudula Ordered to Stop Harassing Foreigners at SA Health Facilities

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An anti-migrant group called Operation Dudula has been stopping foreigners from accessing public health clinics in South Africa.

The Johannesburg High Court ruled the group’s actions unlawful, and South Africa’s government noted that health care is available for all under the law.

Members of the group had blocked clinic entrances, demanded local identity documents, and turned away people without them.

The Court also ordered Operation Dudula to stop harassing migrants.

Congress Orders Justice Department to Release Jeffrey Epstein Files After Near-Unanimous Votes

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Both chambers of Congress have agreed to order the United States Justice Department to release its files on sex offender financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The House of Representatives approved the measure in a 427-1 vote, and the Senate unanimously fast-tracked it without a formal vote.

The moves come just days after President Donald Trump reversed his position and urged Congress to vote to disclose the records following public pushback from many of his supporters.

Rift Valley Lake Swells 1.5km Inland, Threatening Naivasha Tourism and Submerging Kihoto District

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The tourist boats that normally ply Kenya’s famed Lake Naivasha have had a different task in recent weeks: evacuating hundreds of flooded homes.

Although the lake’s level has been rising for more than a decade and has repeatedly breached its banks, locals in the modest district of Kihoto are still astonished by the scale this year.

The Rift Valley lake has travelled up to one and a half kilometres inland.

Joyce Cheche, head of disaster risk management for Nakuru County, estimates that seven thousand people have been displaced by the rising waters, which have also impacted wildlife and threaten tourism and other businesses.

Others have lost everything. Hundreds of homes are completely submerged, churches are in ruins, and police stations are underwater, surrounded by floating vegetation.