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Niger’s oil exports under threat as FPL rebels warn of more attacks on China-funded pipeline

Niger’s oil exports are under threat, as armed rebels have warned of more attacks on the pipeline designed to carry oil to neighboring Benin, prompting a Chinese state-owned petroleum company to recently suspend all construction at the Agadem oilfield in eastern Niger. Recent months have seen a series of attacks by the Patriotic Liberation Front […]

EU Commission seeks new fisheries deal with Morocco

The European Commission has approved a proposal to launch negotiations with Morocco for a new fisheries agreement, EU Fisheries Commissioner Costas Kadis announced Tuesday during a visit to Madrid. Speaking before the Joint Committee of the Spanish Congress and Senate on European Union affairs, Kadis said the Commission had submitted a negotiation mandate to EU […]

Russia approves nuclear cooperation agreement with Morocco

The government of the Russian Federation has just approved a cooperation agreement between Moscow and Rabat in the field of the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes. The ordinance enacting this decision was signed by Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Michoustine, on Wednesday, reported the Russian news agency Tass. The agreement, providing for cooperation between […]