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Algeria Secures Italian Supply Deal as Foreign Exchange Reserves Dwindle

Algeria which has suffered a sharp decrease in oil revenues is seeking desperately to fill in its coffers with an Italian supply deal. The country’s state-owned Sonatrach and Italy’s energy company, Eni, inked a deal to supply Italy with 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually. The gas will be channeled through the Transmed […]

Nantes confronts slave trade legacy through groundbreaking memorial

The French port city of Nantes is facing its complex historical role in the Atlantic slave trade through one of Europe’s most significant commemorative sites. As France’s largest slave-trading port in the 18th century and Europe’s fourth-largest overall, the city’s maritime prosperity came at an immense human cost. The Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery […]

China’s Sentury to launch construction works of Morocco’s first tire plant this August

Sentury Tire, a Chinese tire manufacturing giant, will build a first Morocco tire facility in the North of the country, 35 km from Tanger-Med port, Africa’s largest container port which handles over half of all cargo going through Moroccan ports. The deal okaying the plant breaking ground and operationalization was signed by the company’s manager […]