Slovakia’s Jan Kubis, next UN Special Envoy to Libya?

The UN Secretary General informed the members of the Security Council on Thursday 14 January of his intention to appoint Slovakia’s Jan Kubis as special envoy to Libya. The members of the Council will have until Friday evening to give their agreement or not to this candidacy. The post of UN Special Envoy has been […]

Moroccan airlines to quadruple its fleet before 2030 World Cup

Moroccan state-owned airlines RAM is speeding up its expansion as it plans to quadruple its fleet to 200 by 2030, seven years of a previously announced date. RAM will launch a tender to buy the 200 mostly medium haul airplanes by year’s end, CEO Abdelhamid Addou told Reuters at the IMF-World Bank meetings in Marrakech. […]

Oil & gas: Congo to become Africa’s third largest producer

There is new hope for the oil industry in Congo as the recent onshore discovery made in the Delta de la Cuvette indicates that the deposits could produce up to 359 million barrels of oil, or 983,000 bopd, from this central province. Congo’s current production stands at over 330,000 bopd according to OPEC’s latest figures. […]