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Algeria to Invest $ 70 Billion Shale Gas

Algerian state-owned company “Sonatrach” is planning to invest at least $70 billion over the next 20 years for the exploitation of shale gas in the Saharan region. The plan was disclosed by the company’s managing director Said Sahnoun who hopes his country would be able to produce 20 billion cubic meters per year from 200 […]

Syria: A new Syrian coalition group to negotiate with Assad

Factions and groups making up the Syrian opposition landscape will be meeting for two days in Cairo to set up what would be called the Syrian National Opposition. Haytham Manna, a veteran Syrian opposition figure and a key organizer of the event said the new body will be “totally different” from the Syrian National Coalition […]

European Union’s Post-Mali ‘Africa Strategy’: Still a ‘Normative-Civilian-Soft Power’?

North and West Africa are facing a complex set of challenges in terms of democratic transition and consolidation, a growing prominence of Islamist influence, and potential knock-on effects of recent socio-political transformations. Adding to this complexity is Africa’s raising geopolitical importance that is evident in the growing interest of other extra-territorial powers, such as China, […]