Libya: BP, Shell cueing up to buy oil

British Petroleum and its sister Dutch Shell have inked deals with the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) to buy ship-ments of Libyan oil, Libya Herald reports Friday. The media said it received confirmation from the NOC that both European firms have signed deals to buy the Libyan oil. Shell, according to Bloomberg, which has been […]

Mauritania Teams Up with United Nations to fight Money Laundering

Mauritania financial authorities, bankers and businessmen seems to have joined forces in the fight against money laundering, financial crimes, tax evasion and terrorism financing. At a meeting held lately in Nouakchott, experts from of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) showed mauritanian finance inspectors how to foil money-laundering operations, the various methods of […]

Algerian Imams asked to give diatribes against Morocco instead of Friday sermons

The authoritarian regime in Algiers is running out of options in its desperate attempt to draw Morocco as the enemy next door. After instigating its media and co-opted politicians to launch a vicious campaign against Morocco’s territorial integrity, now came the turn of mosques. In a blatant manipulation of religion and mosques to serve the […]