Abderrahmane el Youssoufi 1924 – 2020

TotalEnergies again sued by Ugandans over ‘human rights violations’ in oil project

French oil giant TotalEnergies is being sued in Paris by 26 Ugandans, together with five Ugandan and French aid groups, for reparations over alleged human rights violations at its massive mega-projects in the East African country. People from the affected communities in Uganda say the energy firm caused “serious harm”, especially to their rights to […]

Morocco’s spending on subsidies more than halved in first quarter this year

Spending as part of the compensation fund subsidizing the prices of fuel, wheat, sugar, and butane gas more than halved to 4.5 billion dirhams in the first quarter this year, auguring well for state finances, according to the finance ministry. Subsidies including cash handouts to transport professionals stood at 44 billion dirhams last year due […]

Morocco to access LNG market in April – Energy Minister

Morocco will access for the first time the LNG market in April using the existing infrastructure in the country and in Europe, energy minister Leila Benali said. Over the past two months, the minister had said in multiple appearances that Morocco was in talks with Spain to use its LNG terminals and regasifications units to […]