Nigeria plans to renovate refineries, cut fuel imports

Nigeria’s state-oil firm NNPC plans to revamp its refineries to help Africa’s biggest crude oil producer to save billions of dollars on fuel imports. Despite controlling the world’s 10th-largest oil reserves, Nigeria has only four aging, inefficient state-owned refineries, leaving it almost wholly reliant on imports for its fuel needs. Italy’s Maire Tecnimont won a […]

AFRICOM Commander Praises U.S.-Morocco Military & Security Partnership

General Michael Langley, U.S. AFRICOM commander, praised on Monday the strength of the U.S.-Morocco military and security partnership during his visit to the North African Kingdom. The four-star General met separately in Rabat with Minister in charge of the National Defense Administration Abdellatif Loudiyi and Morocco’s top General Farouk Belkhir. “It’s clear that the U.S.-Morocco […]

Infirm Bouteflika seeks presidency for life or an exit on his own terms

As was expected, ailing president Bouteflika announced in a letter that he will succeed himself for a fifth term, but promised early elections within a year in a bid to stoke off public anger against his re-election while preparing to leave power on his own terms. In view of his frail health, Bouteflika hasn’t spoken […]