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Algeria to Reopen a Major Gas Plant with Security a Top Priority

Algeria is to reopen the major gas plant Tiguentourine after foreign investors and firms operating at the plant negotiated a deal with the Algerian government to resume work. British Petroleum and Statoil workers are about to return to their previous workplace, which they left after the terrorist attack on January 13 last year. The attack […]

Iraq awaits Russian weapons delivery to wage war on ISIS

Iraq could soon be forcing the fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to retreat as military weapons from Russia begin to arrive. A visit by Defense Minister Saadun al-Dulaimi to Moscow on Wednesday is expected to have fast-tracked the delivery period due to the failure of the army in halting the […]

Tunisia gets $268.4 million loan from World Bank to finance power connection project

The World Bank Thursday approved a $268.4 million loan to Tunisia earmarked for financing electricity connection with Italy, State-run news agency TAP reports. The electrical interconnection project known as ELMED is set to provide a 230 km-long 600MW connection to Italy’s Sicily. ELMED will produce a quantum leap in the integration of the electricity markets […]