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Total Challenges Algeria in International Court of Arbitration

French oil company Total has taken its dispute with Algerian authorities to the International Court of Arbitration, via the International Chamber of Commerce in Geneva. Total contests Algerian state oil & gas producer Sonatrach decision to change profit-sharing terms on oil and gas contracts in the mid-2000s. “We tried as always to find a mutual […]

DRC: Eight killed in collision between boat & canoe on lake Kivu

Eight people were found dead Tuesday in South Kivu province, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after their canoe collided with a boat on lake Kivu in the same province. Mathieu Alimasi Malumbi, the provincial transport minister in a statement to reporters indicated that victims were four women and four men. Their bodies […]

US pledges additional $44m to Niger to address food insecurity

The United States has pledged to disburse additional $44 million to Niger to help the West African country address food insecurity. The announcement was made by Victoria Jane Nuland, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, following a meeting with President Mohamed Bazoum in a capital Niamey on Wednesday. “I had a rewarding conversation […]