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Mauritania takes new initiative to fight overfishing

Mauritania is set to launch on Wednesday a new global initiative, the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI,) meant to improve the management of fisheries and preserve fish stocks. The move comes following the warning of economic affairs minister Sid’Ahmed Raïss who said that “overfishing by foreign boats is threatening our way of life.” Highlighting the dangers […]

ExxonMobile halts with Sonatrach due to protests

The limbo in Algerian politics is throwing its weight on the oil and gas industry in the country, which represents 95% of the North African country’s revenues. After reports of strikes in some oil and gas field, ExxonMobile halted talks with Algeria’s hydrocarbon giant Sonatrach as protests continue to simmer across the country, Reuters reported. […]

Men in uniform protest in Algeria’s streets as crisis worsens

As civilian and peaceful pro-democracy hirak protest gain traction, Algeria’s fire fighters joined the wave of dissent and resentment against an inefficient government that acts as a curtain for a corrupt military regime holding the country with an iron fist. Hundreds of firefighters in their uniform took to the street to demand better wages and […]