Côte d’Ivoire, France strengthen bilateral economic cooperation

The French Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire started Wednesday evening a  two-day visit to  Abidjan with talks on bolateral issues on top of the agenda.   Officially, this trip will be an opportunity to strengthen Franco-Ivorian economic and financial cooperation. Bruno Le Maire exchanged Thursday morning with his counterpart Adama Coulibaly on the […]

Algeria: Council of Ministers approve shale exploration and exploitation

The nod has been given by Algeria’s Council of Ministers for works in relation with the development and exploitation of unconventional gas to continue.  The North African country once rich oil and natural gas reserves have been declining in recent years. The exploitation of shale gas is expected to complement the drop. Algeria has not […]

Tunisia: Nine women sentenced to prison for terror acts

The Criminal Chamber within the court of first instance in Tunis has sentenced nine women to several years in prison for forming a terror cell that was plotting to attack a minister in the North African country. Two members of this group of ten people including the cell alleged founder, were sentenced to 25 years […]