African leaders broke ground on a $16 billion oil refinery in Kenya's Lamu coastal town, expected to process 700,000 barrels daily and be completed in 40 months. Led by Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote, the project includes a power plant, plastic factory, and chemical manufacturing to enhance regional energy security. The refinery faces opposition from environmental groups concerned about impacts on a UNESCO World Heritage Site and marine ecosystem, with local residents pursuing a land rights case.
Rehan Ahmed, a 40-year-old Londoner, was jailed for running the UK's largest counterfeit vinyl operation, producing fake records of artists like Taylor Swift, Coldplay, and Kendrick Lamar under company names Phoenix of Vinyl and Paragon Music. Operating from 2017 onwards, he supplied counterfeit albums to record shops and online platforms, with police discovering 15,000 records during a raid. His three-and-a-half-year sentence reflects the sophisticated, planned nature of the enterprise and its wider harm to the music industry.