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Mali’s Tuareg rebels claim takeover of abandoned UN camp near strategic town of Kidal

Separatist rebels in northern Mali have claimed to have taken over a camp in the strategic town of Kidal immediately after it was evacuated by the UN peacekeeping mission MINUSMA, a significant development in an ongoing battle for territory. The Tuareg-dominated alliance of armed groups, known as the Permanent Strategic Framework (CSP), which had agreed […]

After Panama, Uruguay dismisses Polisario’s complaint about Moroccan Phosphates

The Algeria-backed Polisario separatists have once again failed to practice their “political piracy” as they did in South Africa last May. Last week, it was in Latin America, precisely in Uruguay, that the Polisario attempted to incite a Uruguayan court to order the seizure of a 300-ton shipment of Moroccan phosphate. But, although Uruguay backs […]

Vienna-based OMV Group to resume drilling operations in Libya in February 2024

Austrian and Vienna-headquartered integrated oil, gas and petrochemical company OMV Group will resume exploration activities in February 2024, the North African country’s state-run oil company National Oil Corporation (NOC) has announced on Monday November 6. The announcement came after both sides held a technical meeting in Tripoli Sunday at NOC headquarters. The discussions touched on […]