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Oil Conocophillips to assess Morocco’s hydrocarbons potential in northern region

Morocco has granted to the oil company Conocophillips-Morocco Ventures Ltd, a subsidiary of American energy corporation, a two-year permit to carry out onshore exploration works and studies in “Mesorif” area located in the north of the country. The reconnaissance contract was signed lately via videoconference by Amina Benkhadra, General Manager of hydrocarbons Office, and Melissa […]

Tunisia Deploys Army to Disperse Protesters

Tunisian army fired shots in the air to warn off and break up protesters calling for jobs who attempted to disrupt a gas pumping station in the southern province of Tatouine, media reports said. The protesters were camping outside the El Kamour pumping station in Tatouine province demanding more jobs and bigger share of the […]

Botswana vows to ship 20,000 elephants to Germany amid trophy hunting dispute

Angered by a proposal in Berlin to restrict the import of hunting trophies, Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany, claiming that, contrary to some misconceptions in Europe, an explosion in the number of the mammals roaming his country has produced a “plague”. In comments published by German tabloid Bild […]