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High cost prompts Senegal to cancel desalination deal with Acwa power

Senegal plans to cancel a 32-year deal with Saudi company Acwa power due to its high cost, Senegalese water minister Cheikh Tidiane Dieye said. The deal, valued at $800 million, was signed by outgoing president Macky Sall in his final days in office. New president Basirou Faye promised to review a set of deals signed […]

Libya: Tripoli Welcomes Airstrike, Tobruk Condemns & Warns against Foreign Intervention

The Friday airstrike by the US on a house in Sabratha allegedly used by militants of the Islamic State led to controversial statements from the country’s two political authorities. The government in Tripoli led by Prime Minister Khalifa Ghwell welcomed the airstrikes while the Thinni-led government in Tobruk condemned the raids as a deliberate violation […]

Morocco Wants a New Trade Deal with Turkey before January 30

Morocco’s trade minister Moulay Hafid Elalamy said that the Kingdom and Turkey have started negotiations to review some provisions to make their Free Trade Agreement more balanced. He said Morocco loses 2 billion dollars annually in trade with Turkey, adding that the two parties have agreed to reconsider the agreement in order to make it […]