Libya

Beijing’s PetroChina Signs Deal to Purchase Libyan Oil

China’s largest oil and gas producer and distributor, PetroChina has signed up with the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) to buy Libyan oil, few months after Shell and British Petroleum (BP) signed similar deals. The deal is the first ever since 2013, Bloomberg reports. The deal comes as oil production knows a revival following several […]

EU, Morocco Negotiating New Fisheries Deal

The European Union is negotiating with Morocco a new fisheries agreement that would allow European trawlers back in Moroccan waters in exchange for annual payments. So far, the European and Moroccan delegations held three rounds of talks for a new protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement (FPA) which entered into force on February 28, 2007. […]

Senegal gets €76m credit facility from WADB for two development projects

Senegal has secured a €76-million credit facility from Lome-based West African Development Bank (French acronym BOAD) for the implementation of two development projects. The bank okayed the loan during its 137th extraordinary summit that took place on September 20 in Cote d’Ivoire. The first project, valued at €23 million, concerns the construction and exploitation of […]