Unemployment rate rose to 10.7% in Morocco in the first quarter of 2017 up from 10.4% the same period last year with job growth staggering in the country’s public sector in light of the post-electoral deadlock and the consequent delay in the adoption of the 2017 appropriation bill. According to data issued by Morocco’s statistics […]
Oil & Gas exploration company Kosmos Energy has announced the discovery of a major gas discovery offshore Mauritania in the BirAllah area while conducting drilling in Orca-1 well. Located approximately 125 kilometers offshore Mauritania, the well is estimated to have about 13 trillion cubic feet of gas. Commenting this new gas discovery, Kosmos […]
A recent report has raised concerns over the militarization in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps in southwestern Algeria, accusing both Algiers and the Polisario of destabilizing acts targeting Mauritanian territory. The so-called Dakhla camp is being used as a logistical hub for Polisario military operations, a report on Le360 said. The camp’s proximity to the Mauritanian […]
