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Algeria: Sonatrach reveals $90 billion investment, Shale gas production set for 2022

Chief Executive Officer of state-owned Sonatrach, Said Sahnoun, asserted that their five-year investment plan will go ahead despite plummeting oil prices. Addressing the ninth North Africa Oil & Gas Summit held in Algiers, he also said that the exploitation of shale oil for production is scheduled for 2022. Analysts believe that the global slumping of […]

Moroccan King’s vision, initiatives in Africa highlighted at TICAD

The vision and strategic initiatives of King Mohammed VI for the development and integration of the African continent were highlighted at the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), held in Yokohama, Japan. Speaking at a conference organized on Thursday, Ambassador to Japan andhead of the Moroccan delegation, Mohamed Rachad Bouhlal, presented the […]

Egypt: Authorities to crack-down on authors of alleged torture cases

The Egyptian ministry of the interior Sunday vowed to deal with growing torture cases and punish police forces involved in such acts. The ministry promised no leniency over what people call total impunity of police forces in the face of the increasing human rights abuses committed by these forces. The interior ministry is under fire […]