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Green Hydrogen Industry Faces Critical Investment Standoff as Morocco Emerges as Exception

The global green hydrogen market confronts a fundamental obstacle that threatens to derail its anticipated growth trajectory. A recent policy analysis by Gi2 identifies what researchers Badr Ikken and Zineb Moulane call an “industrial paradox”—producers stand ready to invest, yet potential buyers refuse to commit without clear visibility on volumes, pricing, and technical standards. This […]

Algeria’s Foreign Reserves to Further Shrink to $97 bln in 2017

Battered by falling oil and gas revenues, Algeria’s foreign exchange reserves are expected to further shrink to $97 billion, down from $193 billion in 2014, official data shows. With the slump in oil prices, the rest of the Algerian economy can’t generate the foreign exchange needed to pay for imports as oil and gas represent […]

Terrorist Groups Wreak Havoc in Sahel despite Presence of Counter-terrorism Forces

Weak states, porous borders and trafficking activities turned the Sahel into a safe heaven for terrorist groups. The terrorist attack on April 14 in Timbuktu by an Al Qaeda offshoot, the Group for the Defense of Islam and the Muslims, came to represent the capacity of the terrorist group to generate and carry out bloody […]