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Mauritania-Morocco: Rabat rejects Nouakchott’s request for Bouamatou’s extradition

Rabat has rejected Mauritanian authorities’ request to extradite Mauritanian business tycoon and rival to President Ould Abdelaziz, reports say. Moroccan and Mauritania reports Thursday indicated that Rabat turned down Mauritania’s request to see business tycoon Mohamed Bouamatou extradited to Mauritania. Reports citing Mauritanian and Moroccan sources pointed out that a Mauritanian high ranking officer, Sidi […]

Libya, Turkey sign MoU to boost trade, clear pending issues

Turkey and its Libyan ally UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Thursday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the area of trade and a new plan meant to solve pending issue, Libyan Observer reports citing Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan. The deal signed Thursday, according to Pekcan will lay the groundwork for resolving ongoing […]

Egypt accelerates domestic energy drive with two new Western Desert wells

Egypt has announced on Thursday, January 1, the successful drilling of two new oil and gas production wells in the Western Desert as part of a broader strategy to scale up domestic energy output. The Dorra-36 and West Yasmine-3 wells, completed by Agiba Petroleum Company, have shown strong early performance, with combined expected production of […]