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Senegal produces above target 16.9 mln barrels of oil in 2024

Senegal’s Sangomar offshore oil and gas field has produced 16.9 million barrels in 2024, surpassing its 11.7 million target, according to official figures. Sangomar field, about 100km south of Dakar, achieved its first oil production in June 2024 and is expected to pump at least 100,000 barrels daily. The project is a joint venture between […]

UN Envoy Calls for Unified Government as Cornerstone for Libya’s Political Future

UN envoy Hanna Tetteh has reiterated the urgent need for the formation of a unified Libyan Government as a prerequisite for holding fair, inclusive, and credible elections. During an online engagement with Libyan activists, Tetteh underscored on July 16 that the ongoing fragmentation of administrative bodies and the presence of parallel institutions continue to undermine […]

Tunisia: 11 demonstrators sentenced 14 years in prison each for protesting against Chokri Belaïd’s killing

A first instance court at Nabeul has sentenced eleven people to fourteen years in prison for attacking a police office and using arms in 2013 at Kelibia as they protested against assassination of Chokri Belaïd, a political figure, a judiciary officer says. The ruling according to Rihab Mhadhbi, spokesperson of the court, was made in […]