Libya has announced new oil and natural gas discovery in the Ghadames basin southwest of Tripoli, opening new prospects for the battered economy of the North African country. This new oil & gas find was made by the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) and Algerian state-owned Sonatrach. The discovery consists of one oil field with […]
An ECOWAS summit opened on Sunday (7 July), a day after the military rulers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger signed a confederation treaty in the latest show of their shift away from traditional regional and Western allies. During a summit in the Niger’s capital of Niamey on Saturday (6 July), the three junta leaders […]
Burkina Faso has introduced new taxes including levies on telephone services in a bid to raise funds to be used in the fight against terrorism, the West African country’s news agency (AIB) announced. Aboubakar Nacanabo, the Minister of Economy announced the taxes on telephone services, re-subscription of private cable television channels and sale of land […]
