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BP Reopens Tripoli Office to Deepen Strategic Energy Partnership with Libya

British energy major BP has marked the reopening of its Tripoli office, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) confirmed on Wednesday, 10 December, positioning the new headquarters as a strategic hub for advancing joint projects, and scaling cooperation across Libya’s energy sector. The facility is expected to accelerate the delivery of existing commitments while enabling both […]

Mauritania: Business tycoon Bouamatou returns home after prosecution scraped charges

Mohamed Ould Bouamatou, Mauritania’s most successful businessman, returned home from a decade-long exile, after corruption and fiscal fraud charges against him were dropped last month. The owner of GBM bank and the BSA group landed in capital Nouakchott Monday night onboard a private jet, Le360.ma reports. Bouamatou fled Mauritania in early 2010 after falling out […]

Famous French-Tunisian rapper sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering

A Tunisian court Monday sentenced for money laundering popular French-Tunisian rapper, Iteb Zaibet, aka Rayan Sanches or Swagg Man, Webdo Tunis reports. The Criminal Chamber specialized in financial corruption cases also fined the 37-year old rapper $35,744. The court also ordered the transfer of $6.8 million to state treasury. The Nice-born rapper has been in […]