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Algeria: Financial Times sounds alarm over crackdown on media

London-based The Financial Times Thursday deplored the Algerian state’s crackdown on media as security forces on a weekly basis have been clamping down on thousands of Algerian protesters demanding the upturn of the remnant of the Bouteflika regime. FT in an article titled “Algeria’s military ruler ramps up crackdown on uprising”, the media deplored an […]

Sound Energy enhances its presence & operations in Morocco

UK Sound Energy Company announced Tuesday the completion of its acquisition of Schlumberger Silk Route Services Limited (SSRS), which holds a 27.5% participating interest in the Anoual and Greater Tendrara exploration permits in Eastern Morocco. Thanks to this transaction, Sound Energy will control operated working interests of 75% in the exploration permits and in the […]

Morocco downsizes participation at Francophonie summit

The Francophonie summit wrapped up in Tunisia’s Djerba with Morocco sending a senior director from the foreign ministry instead of ministers as it did in previous editions. Morocco was represented by Nadia El Hnot, Director of Cultural Cooperation at the foreign ministry. The low Moroccan enthusiasm for the Francophonie summit is a symptom of the […]