Libya

Libya: Oil & gas Minister rubbishes Western proposals to set up international mechanism to manage Libyan oil revenues

Libya’s oil and gas Minister Mohammed Aoun has criticized western proposals to create an international mechanism to manage the country’s oil revenues amid rivalries between the ousted government of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and incoming Premier Fathi Bashagha. Aoun, who is under Dbeibeh’s leadership, made the remarks in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. […]

Morocco & Russia to Sign Nuclear Deal

Morocco and Russia will sign shortly an agreement on civil nuclear energy. The deal would be the first of its kind to be sealed between the two countries. The content of this agreement, proposed by the Russian side, has not yet been specified. The announcement of this project was made Thursday in Rabat by a […]

Mauritania’s Ghazouani wins re-election with 56.12% of vote

Mauritania’s incumbent President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has comfortably won re-election, receiving 56.12 percent of the vote in the first round of the presidential poll, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) said Monday. The victory in Saturday’s election gives the former army chief a second term as head of the vast desert country, seen […]