Morocco/Earthquake: UNICEF voices readiness to support affected children & families

UN Children’s agency has voiced readiness to further support Moroccan children and families affected by the powerful quake that hit last Friday the North African Kingdom, killing over 2,900 people, according to an updated death toll. UNICEF said it would work in close coordination with Moroccan authorities and UN partners to provide critical supplies and […]

Nigeria to build floating LNG terminal

Nigeria has offered a license to UTM Offshore Limited to build the country’s first floating LNG terminal. The plant would use gas from an ExxonMobil oil field in the Niger Delta and would serve both as an export terminal and supply the domestic market, local media reported. The infrastructure would curb gas flaring which costs […]

UN Special envoy to Libya to leave end of June

Stephanie Williams, the U.N. Special Advisor on Libya is reportedly leaving her position at the end of this month, according to press reports. The US diplomat would be replaced by German diplomat Christian Buck, director for the Middle East and North Africa from the German Foreign Office, news website Africa Intelligence reported. The website noted […]