IDA Africa

Algeria’s inconsistent diplomacy warns US of growing Chinese, Russian influence in Africa

After failing to join the BRICS and after its president described Putin as “friend of humanity” and after vowing to replace the dollar, Algeria is now making an act of repentance, offering to help the US counter Russian and Chinese influence in Africa. This came in an interview on Defense Scoop with Algeria’s ambassador to […]

Es-Smara blasts, a ‘terrorist act’ that would not go unpunished – Moroccan UN representative

The projectiles fired into Smara on Saturday killing one and injuring three others are a “terrorist act” and an “act of war” that will not go unpunished, said Omar Hilale Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN. Speaking to the press after the renewal of the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Sahara for […]

BP Invests € 11 billion Euro to Develop Gas Project in Egypt

British Petroleum has announced an investment of 11 billion euro for the development of landmark gas project in Egypt’s West Nile Delta (WND) sites expected to produce up to 1.2 billion cubic feet a day, equivalent to about 25 per cent of Egypt’s current gas production. According to BP, the WND output will significantly boost […]