U.N. Security Council to tour, study Africa crises areas in June. The U.N. Security Council will tour Africa early next month to try to better understand and address some of the continent's crises, including Darfur and Somalia, British Ambassador John Sawers has announced.

Sawers, the current council president, and South African Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo will lead the mission, which will leave New York on May 31 and spend the first 10 days of June in Africa. The party, grouping representatives of the 15 nations on the council, will visit Kenya, where it will consider the Somali problem, Sudan -- including the semi-independent south and the violence-torn western region of Darfur -- Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ivory Coast, Sawers said.

At a news conference, Khupe called on the Southern African Development Committee to help verify the results. "We still need to be convinced before we participate in a runoff," she said. Top opposition leaders were expected to meet this weekend to consider their next step. Khupe did not comment on the meeting.

No runoff date has been set. Deputy Information Minister Bright Matonga said the constitution requires a second round no sooner than 21 days from the announcement of the results and no later than a year. The opposition has consistently rejected a runoff, but its stance has appeared to soften since the official results were released, and Mugabe's party said he would take part in a second round.

The Sunday Mail newspaper, a government mouthpiece, said the state Electoral Commission planned to invite President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to a final "verification and collation exercise" on Monday.

The opposition and an independent Zimbabwean observer group say that Tsvangirai won the presidential race, and Mugabe has been accused of using delays, fraud and violence to hold onto power.

On Sunday, Jendayi Frazer, assistant U.S. secretary of state for African affairs and the top U.S. envoy for Africa called on the international community to intervene. "When a government deploys its military, and its police, and its intelligence operatives, as well as mobilizing youth militia, then the international community has a responsibility to step in and to try to stop that government from beating its own population," Frazer said in an interview with The Associated Press in Zambia. The Sunday Mail said the recount of 18 of 23 contested seats confirmed the initial results. Even if the opposition lost the last five districts, it would still hold the majority in parliament for the first time since independence from Britain in 1980.

On Saturday, the electoral commission confirmed the results in 10 disputed parliamentary votes: six seats were taken by the opposition and four by Mugabe's ZANU-PF party. FULL report here.

Opposition lawmakers, who criticise the bill as a setback for democracy, stormed out of the chamber before the vote. The proposed change was a major cause of riots in February that killed dozens of people, many shot dead by security forces.

"It is common knowledge that incumbent presidents in Africa use the government machinery and all the powers at their disposal to manouevre the electoral process," SDF parliamentary chief whip Joseph Barnadzem told reporters outside the chamber. "To try now to amend this article only through the National Assembly, for us is tantamount to a hold-up," he said. FULL report, click here

Benedict was only the second pope to visit the White House and the first in 29 years. He arrived in picture-perfect spring weather on his 81st birthday, and the crowd of thousands sang him Happy Birthday. More than 9,000 guests, including several members of Bush's Cabinet, came to the ceremony, the largest in White House history. "We need your message that all human life is sacred," Bush said in a speech welcoming the pontiff.

"In a world where some no longer believe that we can distinguish between simple right and wrong, we need your message to reject this dictatorship of relativism," he added.

Bush and his wife, Laura, stood on the driveway to welcome the pontiff as he stepped from his limousine. The pope greeted them with a two-handed handshake. A 21-gun salute boomed in honor of the pope as the Marine Band played the national anthem of the Holy See. (USAfricaonline.com wt AP reports)

More than 1,200 people died and 300,000 were uprooted in violence that followed Mr Kibaki's disputed win in elections in December 2007. The crisis exposed decades-old disputes, which degenerated into ethnic killings and riots that shattered Kenya's image as a stable tourism and trade hub with one of sub-Saharan Africa's most promising economies.

Kenya's currency and stock market have both been on the rebound since former UN chief Kofi Annan brokered a deal in February to create the coalition cabinet and launch a constitutional review.

Finance Minister Amos Kimunya has said the crisis forced the government to trim its growth forecast to 4.5 from a previous estimate of 6.9% percent. Odinga, 63, had rejected Mr Kibaki's election "victory" after votes were counted in the Dec 27 poll. The opposition, international observers and some sections of Kenya's electoral commission have alleged that widespread fraud was committed in the elections

Once completed in six to eight weeks, the merger will pave the way for the creation of what Stanbic Bank Kenya says will be Kenya's fourth largest bank, with a 12 branch-network. "This was the last regulatory condition that had to be met. It came through last Thursday night," Mike du Toit, managing director of Stanbic Bank Kenya told Reuters without giving more details on the bank's size.

"Mugabe has started a crackdown," opposition secretary-general Tendai Biti said. "It is quite clear he has unleashed a war." While the election commission has issued results for the parliamentary races held Saturday alongside the presidential race, it has yet to release any presidential count. The opposition says leader Morgan Tsvangirai won the presidential race, but says it would take part in a runoff.

Zuma defeated Mbeki at a party election in December and is likely to become state president when Mbeki must step down in 2009 if he defeats corruption charges in court. In an unusually strong and direct attack on Mbeki, Zuma said power was firmly concentrated in the hands of the African National Congress (ANC), suggesting the president's authority had slipped away. "... if he's not part of the ANC leadership, he doesn't have authority. You can't even take serious decisions in terms of governance," he said in an interview with London's Financial Times published on the newspaper's Web site. Zuma is a populist with backing from left-leaning unions who has promised investors he would not stray from pro-business policies that Mbeki has pursued to keep an economic boom going. The ANC leader says those are party policies. Zuma still faces trial in August on money-laundering and racketeering charges.

On Feb 28, 2008, at a White House press conference, President Bush said with astonishing indifference that he did not know that there exists a popular projection by industry experts of a $4 a gallon price for gasoline here in the U.S.  Many were surprised by the statement which reflected a sense of disconnection with the fundamental dynamics of the economy. By Chido Nwangwu

Nigeria

Umaru Yar'Adua won a (disputed) landslide victory, but local and international observers said vote-rigging was so rampant that the results were "not credible". A special five-judge tribunal rejected legal challenges filed by the two main opposition candidates, former army ruler Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. "Umaru Yar'Adua and Goodluck Jonathan remain the president and vice-president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria," said Judge John Fabiyi at the conclusion of a ruling that took more than three hours to deliver.Full report on the ruling and reaction, click here on Nigeria's election

The main opposition parties said they would not accept the election and called for President Olusegun Obasanjo to be impeached.

Why Bush should focus on

The country is overrun with weapons, malnutrition is pervasive, half of children are not in school, and many buildings are uninhabitable. There is little running water or electricity and no sewage or landline phone system. "It's easier to tear a country down than it is to rebuild a country," Bush said. "And the people of this good country must understand the United States will stand with you as you rebuild your country."

Though Bush's entourage was a bit jittery about his seven-hour stopover, Liberia's president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, declared at one point, "You're safe." Bush used his five-country (visit to Africa) to showcase how billions in aid and diplomatic engagement are improving the everyday lives of people across the continent. Jennifer Loven/AP

Earlier on Tuesday, Bush had paid somber homage Tuesday to the estimated 800,000 people killed in Rwanda's 1994 genocide and urged global action to end the bloodshed in Sudan's Darfur region "once and for all." "Evil must be confronted," he said after touring a Kigali memorial to the 100-day, systematic massacre of minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus by Hutu extremist militias and government troops. Bush, mid-way through a five-country Africa tour, announced he was freeing up 100 million dollars (68 million euros) for African peacekeeping efforts in the restive Sudanese province of Darfur but firmly defended his decision not to send US troops there.

read book in modern African literature, Things Fall Apart, has described the departed highlife music legend Chief Osita Osadebe as "an artiste who played music with a message and mission." 

Osadebe (in picture, right) lived as one of Africa's longest and durable great talents. He played, sang and released melodious songs since 1956 until 2005.

Osadebe who hailed from Umuekeke in Atani, Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State was born in 1936. His family announced that he passed on Friday May 11, 2007 and burial is set for this week.

Achebe, author of several landmark works told Houston-based USAfrica and CLASSmagazine Publisher Chido Nwangwu in an exclusive interview on Wednesday February 6, 2008 that "Osadebe was a priest who used words and sounds.  He lived like any of the greatest musicians who are prominent in any culture; he lived as  a great musician who used music to reach people in order to improve their lives and make them happy. He had message for people to reflect upon. He had deep message in his music as much as he provided music for celebration and [to] be merry."

USAfricaonline.com reports that Barack Obama has taken the momentum, won more states., more delegates and trumps Hillary Clinton on money raised for campaign. Amidst operational pressures, Hillary loans $5m to her own campaign...

He has consistently set a record in imaginative and technologically compelling was of fundraising with his team. Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe noted in a letter to supporters that $3 million was raised the evening after Tuesday's primaries and caucuses. "The Clinton campaign just announced that Hillary and Bill Clinton injected $5 million of their personal fortune into her campaign a few days ago,'' Plouffe stated. "Thanks to you, we have raised more than $3 million since the polls closed on February 5th. But we have no choice -- we must match their $5 million right now.'' A live ticker embedded to his e-mail showed donations, recorded $5.8 million as of 11:30 p.m. eastern on Wednesday, February 6, 2008. (In the AP photo, Sen. Barack Obama and wife Michelle greet supporters in Chicago)

The shooting of David Kimutai Too on Thursday interrupted the start of talks to help resolve the monthlong postelection crisis that has killed more than 800 people and forced 300,000 from their homes.

Talks, being mediated by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, resumed Friday with an address by Annan's successor, Ban Ki-Moon, who appealed to negotiators to "Look beyond the individual interest. Look beyond the party lines. ... Now the future is on you." AP

The Palmetto State's primary had long appeared to be Obama's to lose, as the African-American senator was expected to garner the support of large numbers of black voters. In an exit poll reported by NBC News, Obama took home 81% of support from African-Americans. With 86% of precincts reporting, Obama won 54% of the vote in South Carolina. Clinton won 27% and former North Carolina senator John Edwards won 19%.

In a victory speech, Obama said "we have the most votes, the most delegates and the most diverse coalition of Americans we've seen in a long, long time." Obama also said the election "is not about black versus white." Emphasizing his platform for bringing change to Washington, he said "this election is about the past versus the future." By Robert Schroeder (MarketWatch)

Clinton defied campaign-closing polls and the expectations of her own advisers to pull out a narrow victory over Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the self-styled agent of change bidding to be the nation's first black president. She won with a last-minute show of emotion and pointed criticism of Obama, the harshest attacks coming from her husband, Bill. By Ron Fournier

Mike Huckabee rode a wave of support from evangelical Christians to win the opening round among Republicans in the 2008 campaign for the White House.

Obama, 46 and a first-term senator from Illinois, scored his victory on a message of change in Washington. Nearly complete returns showed him gaining 37 percent support from Iowans. Former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina appeared headed for second place, relegating Clinton, the former first lady, to a close third. USAfricaonline.com with additional reports from the AP and wire reports.

Mosisili, current chairperson of SADC, said the process to achieve the free trade area would be "a give and take affair." Several heads of government and state, including President Thabo Mbeki and Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, are attending the conference on regional integration. They will review recommendations by a ministerial task team &emdash; comprising trade and industry and finance ministers in the region &emdash; about the best way to achieve the free trade area. Sapa

Zuma ousted President Thabo Mbeki as party leader after their intense rivalry divided the party, which has ruled South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994.

Before the election, Mandela who decided not to endorse one candidate or to attend the conference, said divisions within the party race were saddening. He said it was inevitable the results of the elections would be interpreted by some "as an overwhelming victory for one camp or faction over another".

Mandela's spokeswoman on Friday dismissed rumours that former president's health has taken a turn for the worse. Zelda la Grange said her office had been flooded with inquiries. "Rumours have again surfaced about Mr Mandela's well-being. Mr Mandela is in the former Transkei (his hometown in the Eastern Cape Province) where he is enjoying the festive season with his family," SAPA quoted her as saying. "He is due back in Johannesburg only towards the end of January." (Reuters)

The negative forces operating from eastern Congo include the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), the People's Redemption Army (PRA) and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Nyamwisi also called upon Uganda to withdraw its forces from Congolese territory. He accused UPDF of having troops in the eastern town of Mahagi.

He also alleged that Congolese militia were recruiting fighters in refugee camps in Uganda. He further stated that Kinshasa was in favour of joint oil exploration on Lake Albert. Earlier, foreign minister Sam Kutesa, who leads the Ugandan delegation, said he hoped the summit would address the conflict between the two countries. "The presence of negative forces in the DRC is a matter of serious concern to Uganda", he stressed in his opening address. By Felix Osike and Alfred Wasike, New Vision in Kampala.

In and around the delta's de facto capital, Port Harcourt, a recent spike in violence has raised concerns about the long-term viability of doing business in the region, where foreign oil and gas operations and regularly targeted. "The situation in Port Harcourt will remain unstable in the short term until Nigerian authorities can regain some level of control," read a recent report by the Stratfor consulting group. By Carmen Gentile, UPI Energy Correspondent.

Branson and Gabriel, who founded an international human rights organization and championed the anti-apartheid cause, attended part of a week of festivities for Mandela's birthday. A children's party that has become an annual fixture wraps things up July 24. Before that, events will feature Bill Clinton and soccer legend Pele, who will play in a special star-studded match to honor Mandela.

Why Bush should focus on

"We bring good tidings to our nation and youth and tell them that the list of martyrdom-seekers has become long and is growing every day," he said. "This is a crusader war on Islam and a battle of destiny between the infidels and believers so do not miss out ... come to a paradise that is as wide as earth and the skies." The Algerian-based group has claimed responsibility for triple suicide bombings in Algiers on April 11 that killed 33 people. In Morocco, six Islamists blew themselves up in a month in Casablanca this year, killing another person. (Reuters)

2007 Nigeria campaign has made a Nehemiah of me.... By Prof. Pat Utomi,

The struggle will be aimed largely at keeping the man-in-the-street, middle class professional people, and the youth ever committed to the quest in advance of the Common Good for change. The pain of seeing so many middle class people come out to vote on April 14 and witnessing their retreat on April 21 after it became clear their votes were not allowed to count increases the essence of the struggle. It is time to say thank you and to roll up our sleeves, like Nehemiah, to rebuild the falling walls of Nigeria. Full text here.

Somalia's Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi says most of the fighting is over in the capital and it is is safe for residents to return. But residents do not seem too reassured. The latest reports say gunfire and mortar explosions are continuing to echo through the streets. USAfricaonline.com/ABC/BBC

The main opposition parties said they would not accept the election and called for President Olusegun Obasanjo to be impeached.

Why Bush should focus on

On this day/week of the post-humous celebration of birthday, I believe that the existing global alliance of all humankind, representing the full tapestry of our ethnic/racial origins as Indians, Caucasians, Blacks, Jews, Asians, and a multitude of other backgrounds should, markedly, advance Dr. King's vision and efforts should do more by utilizing technological tools, networking personal discipline, boosting religious and communal re-orientation to fight all forms of discrimination and intolerance into the 21st century.  Why? We must all remember the fact that although King and his colleagues fought and died to achieve the cause of racial harmony and peaceful resolution of conflicts, there are more sophisticated forms of discrimination which besmirch our collective dignity as God's children.
Chido Nwangwu is Founder and Publisher of USAfricaonline.com, first African-owned, U.S-based professional newspaper to be published on the internet.

"Lord Jesus, our affluence is making us less human, our entertainment has become a drug, a source of alienation, and our society's incessant, tedious message is an invitation to die of selfishness."

During the Good Friday April 14, 2006 message, he delivers one of the strongest meditations and warns against the attack on the family. "Today we seem to be witnessing a kind of anti-Genesis, a counter-plan, a diabolical pride aimed at eliminating the family."

The Pope will also confront the question of evil in the world in a meditation that asks: "Where is Jesus in the agony of our own time, in the division of our world into belts of prosperity and belts of poverty . . . in one room they are concerned about obesity, in the other, they are begging for charity?" Click here for full report by Ruth Gledhill, Religion correspondent of The Times of London.

Nigeria's "bid" to join the Security Council could not have provided the world with a better opportunity to deal with the crux of contemporary Africa's malaise: the non-accountability of African leaderships who employ genocide and the pillage of the economy as a twin-track instrument of power. No country in Africa is more appropriate for the world to enforce this accountability than where the disease emerged in the first place on the continent &endash; Nigeria, the quintessentially failed and genocide-state. Special to USAfricaonline.com, USAfrica The Newspaper, Houston; IgboEvents blog and CLASS magazine

"Land reform and land restitution are critical to the transformation of our society. Accordingly, the state will play a more central role in the land reform programme ensuring that the restitution programme is accelerated," he said. He said regulations for foreign land purchases would be done "in line with international norms and practices."

Almost 12 years after the end of apartheid rule most of South Africa's arable land remains in the hands of the white minority, while fears have grown that a surge in foreign interest in South African property is pushing prices out of reach for many locals. Foreign land ownership could also prove an obstacle to redistribution as wealthy non-residents sometimes buy large tracts that might have been used for the reform programme. Full report here

"I think it's really important worldwide," Mrs. Bush said about Sirleaf's inauguration, which falls on the day Americans honor civil rights icon, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. "I think it's particularly important on the continent of Africa, because traditionally women have been excluded in many African cultures not all of them, but in many." Full report by Deb Reichmann in Monrovia/AP here.

A State Department official confirmed the Aug. 3 search of the Potomac, Md., home of Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his wife, Jennifer. The agency referred all quest

ions about the raid to the Justice Department, which declined to comment.

A source familiar with the investigation said subpoenas show agents were looking for records showing whether Jefferson, D-New Orleans, paid, offered to pay or authorized payments to officials in the government of Nigeria or Ghana.

The subpoenas, described to The Times-Picayune, seek documents related to Jefferson's dealings with Abubakar and the vice president of Ghana, Alhaji Aliu Mahama. Jefferson returned from a five-day visit to Ghana in mid-July, about three weeks before the FBI raided his homes. CLICK here for Full report by The Times Picayune newspaper of New Orleans.

Nelson Mandela's 87th birthday and festivities kicked off at one minute past midnight on Monday morning July 18, 2005, with a fireworks extravaganza on Robbenma Island and the lighting of a torch in Mandela's former prison cell. The torch-lighting was the first step in the Six Day 46664 Torch Run Relay, in which the torch is to be carried on a route winding through the nine provinces as an inclusive celebration of Mandela's birthday.

The relay is to use the network of the South African Rugby's 14 unions around the country and runners are to carry the torch for distances ranging from 200 metres to a kilometre. "We hope to collect more than a million messages by July 23, and we ask people to monitor the vehicle's progress," said John Samuel, head of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Parties, lectures, a rugby match and the launch of a comic series were some of the festivities celebrating Madiba's 87th birthday.

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08-08-08: USAfrica celebrates 50 Years of Achebe's THINGS FALL APART'' during the 15th Anniversary of USAfrica's pioneering multimedia leadership of the bi-continental interests of Africans and Americans. Event date is Friday August 8 n Saturday 9, 2008 in Houston, Texas.

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FLASHPOINT: Niger Delta militants blow up Shell wells, disrupting production. Niger Delta militants on Saturday May 3, 2008 attacked facilities belonging to Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell in southern Bayelsa state leading to a cut in output, company and security sources said. The anonymous security source said the attack by a previously unknown armed gang led by a "Commander Douglas" affected Shell oil wells and the Diebu creek flowstation at Peremabiri in southern Ijaw area of Bayelsa.

The security source said the oil wells and the inlet manifold and delivery lines of the flowstation were blown up during the attack. Shell confirmed the attack, the latest to hit Nigeria's largest oil operator in recent weeks. It however said the incident happened Friday night. "A few oil delivery lines are affected and some oil has spilled into the environment," Shell spokesman Precious Okolobo told AFP, adding that the company was mobilising its workers to control the spillage.

Shell, which accounts for around half of Nigeria's 2.1 million barrels per day output, has been forced to cut production because of an upsurge in militant attacks on its facilities. Niger delta militant groups, the most prominent among which is the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has sabotaged several supply pipelines owned by Shell and other oil operators in the restive region. MEND has also promised more attacks on oil targets in the restive region.

The group emerged in early 2006 as the leading group calling for a greater share of Nigeria's oil revenue for the producer region. As well as attacks on facilities it has been responsible for the seizure of local and expatriate workers as hostages. Overall, violence in the Niger Delta has reduced Nigeria's total production by a quarter in the past two years. AFP

The Niger Delta is where the bulk of Nigeria's oil is produced and where local militants frequently attack oil installations and kidnap foreign nationals as part of a campaign to seek greater autonomy and a bigger share in the wealth of the world's eighth largest oil exporter. Brigadier-General Wuyep Rintip said a military patrol stopped the group and detained them for questioning to confirm their identities and find out why they were in the Delta, which has become a security zone as a result of the militant activity. "There is a need to know why they were in the creeks without a military escort and without prior knowledge of the authorities," Rintip told Reuters, saying the group had been sent to the Nigerian capital Abuja for questioning.

"Seeing four expatriates and one Nigerian in the creeks without an escort is a cause for concern," said Rintip, who is commander of the Nigerian military Joint Task Force for the western Delta. He said his forces had received information that local militants were planning a spate of further kidnappings of foreigners.

A spokesperson for the United States embassy in Nigeria told Reuters that the embassy was working with the Nigerian authorities to find out more about the incident. "We have been informed that four U.S citizens and one Nigerian have been detained in Warri," the spokesperson added.

As an African in America, as a recent immigrant who has been blessed by the graciousness, business opportunities, global breadth and hospitality of Americans, I have cause to be thankful for benefiting from the vision, personal sacrifice and peaceful soldiering of the late Martin Luther King, who sought to create an atmosphere which fosters harmony and acceptance of all our unique talents and racial origins.

On this day/week of the post-humous celebration of birthday, I believe that the existing global alliance of all humankind, representing the full tapestry of our ethnic/racial origins as Indians, Caucasians, Blacks, Jews, Asians, and a multitude of other backgrounds should, markedly, advance Dr. King's vision and efforts should do more by utilizing technological tools, networking personal discipline, boosting religious and communal re-orientation to fight all forms of discrimination and intolerance into the 21st century.  Why?

The August 8 and 9, 2008 will include symposia and the special USAfrica harvest of Achebe's 1958 masterpiece and epic work, 'Things Fall Apart.' The convener and chief host of the harvest of the Achebe events is USAfrica's Founder, publisher of AchebeBooks.com and mutlimedia executive Chido Nwangwu. USAfrica (characterized by The New York Times as the largest and most influential African-owned, U.S-based multimedia networks) notes that "we'll portray both the high-minded, intellectual cadences and the everyday person and high-schoolers thoughts about the father of modern African literature. Hence I set the thematic summary as the USAfrica harvest of Achebe. Certianly, there will be critical insights and reviews/performances in honor of the great Achebe."

USAfrica is honoring Achebe as the main event of the 15th Anniversary of its pioneering multimedia leadership of the bi-continental interests of Africans and Americans. The acclaimed 2007 'BEST OF AFRICA' International Awards annual dinner in honor of African professionals will hold at the Marriot Hotel Westchase.

The events require pre-event registration, USAfrica15@Gmail.com deadline June 8, 2008. Registration is required, and will include getting a copy of Prof. Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart' - for all those who register before June 8, 2008. The events are being organized by USAfrica and USAfricaonline.com, CLASS magazine, PhotoWorks.TV, Black Business Journal, BBJonline.com and Achebebooks.com. E-mail: USAfrica15@Gmail.com Office: 713-270-5500. wireless: 832-45-CHIDO (24436)

British-based oil explorer Tullow Oil PLC announced over the summer that it had had success with a well off the coast of Ghana. It gave no details at the time, saying only that it had discovered "a significant light oil accumulation" and was appraising it.

Tullow operates the Deepwater Tano license that covers the new stake, holding a 50 percent stake. Its partners are Kosmos Energy and a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Sabre Oil & Gas and the Ghana National Petroleum Corp. Tullow also holds a 23 percent stake in the West Cape Three Points license, off Ghana. Kufuor gave no other details. Energy Minist