Ghana has started exporting fuel and gas oil to Nigeria, Benin Republic, Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali from the Bolgatanga Petroleum Depot, with exports to Liberia to commence in November.
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) recently signed a Dh33 million ($90.6 million) loan agreement with the Government of Mali to finance a hybrid solar energy project in Mali.
Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a Romanian security officer on Saturday from a manganese mining project in northern Burkina Faso, near the border with Mali's lawless desert north, the company and a security source said.