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Morocco: Fuel price caps opposes government to competition council

On the same day the competition council issued a scathing report criticizing the government’s plan to set caps on fuel prices, governance minister responded by discarding the report as political. The council said capping fuel prices would not be beneficial to the Moroccan economy and citizen’s purchasing power. The council also called for more structural […]

September Oil Exports Earn Iraq $8.4 Billion

Iraq’s oil exports during September reached the highest peak in three decades with about 2.6 million barrels per day, earning the country 8.4 billion dollars. The oil ministry which disclosed the figures earlier this week said oil exports in August were slightly lower at 2.564 million bpd and brought in $ 8.445 billion at an […]

Several Rights Watchdogs Support Algerian Journalist Hadda Hazem

Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Association Vigilance pour la Démocratie et l’Etat civique, Tunis Centre for Press Freedom (CTLP) and NGOs have expressed solidarity with Hadda Hazem, editor of the Algerian newspaper Al-Fadjr, who is observing a hunger strike since Nov.13 in protest against his arbitrary detention. Hazem, who had to suspend her hunger strike […]