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Egypt: Government Assaults Activists Ahead of Monday Protest

Egyptian security forces have launched multiple assaults on activists who have called for anti-government protest on Monday to chide regime for surrendering the two “Egyptian” Red Sea Islands to Saudi Arabia. Dozens of activists including members of 6 April movement, the youth movement that led the anti-Mubarak protest, have been arrested at their homes, in […]

Natural Gas Exploration: Israeli energy company seals offshore deal with Morocco

Israeli NewMed Energy firm announced on Tuesday it has signed a deal with Morocco’s hydrocarbon authority and Adarco Energy for offshore natural gas exploration and production in the north African kingdom. Under the terms of the agreements, NewMed and Adarco will each hold a 37.5 pc stake in the Boujdour Atlantique exploration license, located off […]

Toxic spill fallout: Zambians demand billions from Chinese mining giant

Zambia is grappling with the aftermath of one of its worst environmental disasters, as outrage mounts over a massive toxic spill from a Chinese-owned copper mine that polluted the Kafue River and devastated communities. The February incident occurred when a dam at Sino-Metals Leach Zambia, a subsidiary of China’s state-owned China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group, […]