Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has announced the results of its first public oil and gas bid round in 17 years, awarding exploration and development contracts to five major international companies and consortia. The round offered 20 exploration blocks. Winning entities include a consortium of Italy’s Eni and QatarEnergy; a consortium of Spain’s Repsol and […]
The decision by Mauritanian authorities to seal off borders with Algeria as a military zone forbidden to civilians is the tree that hides the forest. The closing of the borders signals cracks in the Algerian-Mauritanian short-lived alliance. As Mauritania tilts towards its Sahel neighbors in their efforts to counter the terrorism scourge, it takes steps […]
Two Mauritanian web journalists were Saturday set free temporarily after being arrested for defamation on Thursday, reports say. Jeddna Deida and Babakar Baye Ndiaye, respectively managing editor of “Mauriweb” and webmaster of “Cridem” were handed provisional release following their arrest on Thursday after the President’s son Badr Ould Abdel Aziz accused them of defamation for […]
