Nigeria seeks investors to develop 12 onshore and offshore oil blocks as it seeks to tap into its 37.5 billion barrels of crude. “Nigeria is committed to conducting the licensing round in a fair, competitive and transparent manner and ensuring a level playing field for both indigenous and international investors,” said Gbenga Komolafe, head of […]
Some 80 international groups are interested in Morocco’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) project worth $4.5 billion, Moroccan Energy Minister Aziz Rabbah said on Monday. In his opening address at the 11th Arab Energy Conference held in Marrakech (1-4 Oct.2018), Rabbah said his department is putting final touches to the international tenders to be launched shortly […]
Mauritanian blogger Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkheitir, initially sentenced to death for blasphemy, “regained his freedom” after more than five and a half years in detention and joined Senegal. He was “francophone Africa’s longest-held citizen-journalist,” stated Reporters Sans Frontières (Reporters Without Borders/RSF), which thanked all those who contributed to his release. The Mauritanian blogger was sued […]
