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Libya: Oil output on decline, suspended NOC chairman says

Libya’s oil production has dwindled from one million and 300.000 barrels per day (bpd) to one million and 260.000 due to leaks in pipelines, the suspended chairman of the National Oil Corporation Mustafa Sanallah has revealed. The oil-rich African country lost 600 million dollars in lost selling opportunities due to lack of maintenance and huge […]

Libyan assailants abduct 25 Tunisian fishermen in Tunisian waters

A group of Libyan armed men seized Tuesday two Tunisian fishing boats with 25 men onboard in Tunisian waters, Webdo Tunis reports. Salah Hdider, member of the Tunisian union of farmers and fishermen Wednesday confirmed to a local radio station that the incident took place inside Tunisian waters. Hdider also indicated that the Tunisian army […]

The View from Paris : Africa Should ‘Ensure its Own Security’

Africa must first “ensure its own security” so it can realize its “destiny”, asserted French President François Hollande when addressing some 40 African leaders as a key Franco-African security summit opened Friday in Paris. French President Hollande also pledged to help with the creation of a special African rapid-reaction force that would train as many […]