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Mauritania takes new initiative to fight overfishing

Mauritania is set to launch on Wednesday a new global initiative, the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI,) meant to improve the management of fisheries and preserve fish stocks. The move comes following the warning of economic affairs minister Sid’Ahmed Raïss who said that “overfishing by foreign boats is threatening our way of life.” Highlighting the dangers […]

Libya: Haftar asks troops to fight harder during Ramadan in conquest for Tripoli

The leader of forces opposed to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Sunday ordered the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA) to step up fighting during the month of Ramadan, which has started this Monday, in their drive to seize capital Tripoli. Khalifa Haftar on an audiotape released by LNA spokesman ordered the east-based forces […]

DRC, Uganda in talks over use of crude oil pipeline

Talks are ongoing between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda about possible use of the east African country’s planned controversial pipeline for transporting Uganda’s crude to foreign markets when it begins production in 2025. Uganda is developing the $3.5 billion 1,445-kilometer East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) that will start from oil fields […]