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Ethiopia offers amnesty to 13,200 prisoners

The Ethiopian government has pardoned about 13,200 people who were previously charged with or convicted of terrorism and/or treason. According to state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate, more than 13,200 individuals took advantage in the past six months of a law passed by parliament in July allowing people convicted or facing charges of “treason, crime against the […]

Morocco: Chariot & Vivo Energy agree on terms of gas commercialization

Chariot energy Company has signed an agreement with Vivo Energy Maroc firm on future natural gas offtake from the Loukos Onshore license in which the British company holds 75% stake, while Moroccan National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM) has 25 %. In a press release issued Monday, Chariot said the aim of the agreement […]

Tunisia: sovereign credit ratings lowered

As Tunisia is at grips with a seemingly inextricable political situation, rating agencies continue to reduce its standings, in an unnecessary additional evidence that the country’s economy is not faring any better than politics.  The latest of these agencies is Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services# which lowered Tunisia’s long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings […]