Morocco’s OCP posts 72% rise in first half revenue

Morocco’s phosphates and fertilizers producer OCP said its revenue in the first six months rose 72% to a record 56 billion dirhams at a context of higher demand and higher prices in the international market. Fertilizers prices rose in the first half of this year due to supply disruption resulting from the war in Ukraine […]

Nigeria: at least 60 killed in less than a week

An attack Monday on the village of Bakali, in the Giwa region, by several armed attackers killed at least 25 civilians and injured many others. In addition, fighters from the Islamic State group in West Africa (ISWAP), a branch of Boko Haram affiliated with Islamic State, attacked a military post in the village of Tungushe, […]

Gabon launches new offshore drillings to increase oil production

US hydrocarbon exploration firm, Vaalco Energy, will start an offshore drilling campaign next month as Gabon works to increase its crude oil production by 50 percent by 2020/2021. The start of the drilling campaign follows a successful full-field maintenance shut down at four of Vaalco’s platforms in the Central African nation The five-well drilling campaign […]