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Niger: dispute with Benin, rebel attacks force junta to look for alternative oil export routes

Niger is considering routing its oil through neighboring Chad and Cameroon, instead of using a China-backed pipeline running from Niger to Benin’s coast, after protracted diplomatic disputes with the latter and a recent rebel attack that damaged the vital pipeline. The China-backed pipeline, which the junta in Niamey hoped would turn Niger into an oil-exporting […]

Libya: Haftar forces free seized vessel with Turkish crew

Eastern Libyan forces, aligned with retired military General Khalifa Haftar, have released a vessel flying a Grenada flag with a Turkish crew seized few days ago amid tensions between eastern Libyan authorities and Ankara. The vessel arrested on Saturday off Libyan coast was allowed on Monday to resume its journey to Alexandria, Egypt, where it […]

COVID-19: Morocco imposes night curfew during Ramadan

Morocco announced it will be imposing a night curfew between 7:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. during Ramadan, which starts in the Kingdom on Saturday April 25. The Interior Ministry said in a press release that decision is part of the strengthening of the health emergency measures during the holy month. The Interior ministry stressed that […]