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Algeria: Showdown Between MPs & Speaker Echoes Political Rift Tearing Apart Country

The crisis is deepening in Algeria wherein political leaders and military generals are fighting for power as the country’s aging and long-serving president is preparing to run for an unprecedented and controversial fifth term in office in 2019. Ahead of the upcoming rocky transition of power amid growing social woes and resentment, some Algerian deputies […]

Renewable energy: Italy, Tunisia revive plans for 600 MW project

Italy and Tunisia are reviving plans for power interconnection between the two countries. The project has been under development by Italian transmission company Terna and Tunisian gas and electricity group STEG since 2003. The project was originally conceived to export power generated in Tunisia to Italy but is now based on an electricity exchange in […]

Chad’s capital N’Djamena hosting Central Africa Business Energy Forum Nov.8-10

Chad’s capital N’djamena is hosting, this November 8 to 10, the third regional energy gathering known as Central Africa Business Energy Forum (CABEF). The event is held under the theme: “Capitalize on energy infrastructure investment opportunities in Central Africa and ensure energy security in the sub-region through public-private partnerships.” The forum aims to unite Central […]