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Mixed reaction in Africa to OPEC oil production cuts amid concern about rising prices

Delegates at the biggest oil conference in Africa have expressed concern about rising prices after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), plus non-members who also export oil, decided earlier this week to cut production targets. The majority of the oil cartel’s 13 member states are in Africa, but many countries on the continent have […]

Niamey abandons Algeria-Niger pipeline

Niger has lost interest in the stalling trans-Saharan gas pipeline that was planned to link Nigeria to Algeria. Media reports said Niger stopped studies for the project that took decades with no progress so far. The decision takes place amid deteriorating political ties with Algeria, who is accused by Niger and its other Sahel allies, […]

Twenty-Eight African Nations Contest SADR Membership in African Union

The days of the self-proclaimed SADR as a member of the African Union seem to be counted after 28 African countries called for suspending the membership of the Algerian-based republic from all the bodies and activities of the African Union. This came in a motion submitted by the 28 African nations to the President of […]