Gabon’s military-led government agreed this week to implement a decision by the former regime of President Ali Bongo Ondimba to grant armed and security forces a risk premium for their work in protecting populations, Gabo Review reports. A cabinet meeting announced the plan pending modalities that remain to be defined, the media outlet notes. The […]
Illicit cigarettes accounted for over 20% of consumption across the Maghreb region in 2016. However successful prevention strategies have resulted in a 24% decline since 2015, said the Amsterdam based professional service and auditing company KPMG in a recent study. The study, dubbed “Illicit Cigarette Trade in the Maghreb Region,” shows the 13 billion smuggled […]
Italian energy group Eni has discovered a major natural gas at Narges-1 exploration well in the Narges Offshore Area Concession in the Eastern Mediterranean, offshore Egypt, the company announced Sunday in a press release. The multinational firm said it discovered 200 net feet (61 meters) of milocene and oligosin gas-bearing sandstones in the Nargis-1 well […]
