Esso Exploration International Ltd., a subsidiary of U.S. ExxonMobil Corp., signed on Tuesday in Rabat two reconnaissance contracts with Morocco’s National Office of Hydrocarbons (ONHYM). These reconnaissance contracts cover the areas of Safi-Essaouira Offshore and Agadir-Ifni Offshore. The areas are located offshore the cities of Safi, Essaouira, Agadir and Sidi Ifni. The signing of these […]
Malawi declared drought disaster amid a severe rainfall shortage that compromised the landlocked country’s agriculture-dependent economy. Malawi is the second country in the region after Zambia to declare drought emergency as climate change bites, triggering dry spells such as El Nino, blamed for ravaging crops. This year, rainfall has been erratic and insufficient as drought […]
A new military base, the largest in the Middle East and Africa, was inaugurated over the weekend and baptized after the leader of the 1952 Egyptian revolution and the country’s first President, Mohamed Neguib. The military base, consisting of more than 1,100 new or recently renovated buildings, was built on what used to be a […]
