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ITA Airways prepares to resume flights to Libya

Andrea Benassi, Director of Italy’s ITA Airways, announced, ongoing arrangements between the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority and its Italian counterpart for the resumption of ITA Airways flights to Libya, though he did not specify an exact date for the restart. The announcement was made during a meeting between Libya’s Minister of Transport in the Government […]

British Gas Company Gets 25 % Stake in Morocco’s Sidi Moktar project

British Sound Energy has bought 25 pc stake in the Sidi Moktar project, which comprises three onshore gas permits in Morocco. The UK independent company has inked the £3.57 million deal with Maghreb Petroleum Exploration after initially agreeing the deal last October. The Sidi Moktar licences cover 2,700 square kilometres in the Essaouira basin, central […]

IS-Somalia doubles in size in one year amid growing terror concerns — UN report

The Islamic State’s Somali branch is still small but steadily growing, due to in part to what United Nations experts describe as an “influx of foreign fighters,” a new report published by the UN Sanctions Monitoring Team for Somalia warns. “Foreign fighters arrive in Puntland [Somalia] using both maritime and overland routes,” says the report, […]