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Nigeria to build floating LNG terminal

Nigeria has offered a license to UTM Offshore Limited to build the country’s first floating LNG terminal. The plant would use gas from an ExxonMobil oil field in the Niger Delta and would serve both as an export terminal and supply the domestic market, local media reported. The infrastructure would curb gas flaring which costs […]

Morocco, Mozambique set up business council to bolster joint investment

The employers’ unions of Morocco and Mozambique have agreed to set up a joint business council to foster trade exchanges and economic cooperation between the two African countries. The agreement was inked Thursday in Marrakesh by Chakib Alj, President of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM), and Agostinho Zacarias Vuma, Chairman of the Confederation […]

Madagascar Senate Speaker puts next presidential elections into question on backdrop of violences

Herimanana Razafimahefa, the Speaker of Madagascar’s Senate has cast doubt about November 2023 presidential elections arguing that the ongoing confrontations and protests that are making the buildup to the electoral campaign set to start on October 10, are conducive to free and transparent elections. Tensions have ramped up in recent weeks in the country and […]