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Cameroon kickstarts power interconnection project with Chad

Cameroonian authorities launched Tuesday November 21 Cameroon-Chad Interconnection Project, a bilateral high-voltage (HV) interconnection project between the two countries that involves 1.556 km of new transmission lines financed by the World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB) to the tune of $750 million. Gaston Eloundou Essomba, Cameroon’s minister of Energy launched the interconnection project […]

Libya: US airstrikes hit again IS fighters near Sirte

US military command for Africa AFRICOM said Thursday it conducted several strikes against the Islamic State (IS) fighters near the city of Sirte following last week Friday sorties. The new airstrikes according to the command took place Tuesday with the coordination of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). The Tuesday airstrike destroyed IS positions, […]

Algeria’s Tebboune courts US oil giants after tender fiasco

Algeria’s recent oil and gas licensing tender, launched with high hopes to attract global investments, has drawn low interest with no US company bidding. This has pushed President Tebboune to take matters into his own hands reaching out to the two US oil giants: Chevron and Exxon Mobil. The two companies sent senior officials- not […]