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Moroccan Sahara issue settlement discussed in Moscow

The settlement of the Moroccan Sahara issue was at the focus of a meeting held on Wednesday in Moscow between Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin and Moroccan Ambassador to Russia Lotfi Bouchaara. The two sides also discussed other issues of mutual interest on the agenda of the United Nations, the Russian Foreign Ministry said […]

Nigeria’s NNPC, Norway’s Golar ink MoU to build floating LNG plant

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd, Africa’s biggest oil producer, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Norwegian company to build a floating LNG plant in the West African country to boost its domestic supplies and exports. Nigeria’s state oil giant has inked the MoU with Golar Liquefied Natural Gas Energy (GLNG) […]

Sahara: Geneva Meeting Tests Algeria’s Good Faith

A year and a half after taking office, it seems that Mr. Horst Köhler, the personal envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara, has made a diplomatic breakthrough. He has managed to bring the parties to the Sahara conflict to an initial roundtable meeting in Geneva this December 5-6 in a bid to […]