Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop affirmed on Saturday in Marrakech that Mali is “strongly engaged” in King Mohammed VI’s international initiative to facilitate the access of Sahel countries to the Atlantic Ocean, pointing out that granting water means granting life, and Morocco has chosen to grant the sea to non-coastal countries. The remarks were made […]
Skeptics say that despite China’s agreement to forgive interest-free loans to 17 African countries as it seeks to dispel debt-trap allegations, the days of Beijing writing off interest-bearing loans are over. The world’s poorest countries — many of them in Africa — are facing $35bn in debt-service payments in 2022, out of which around 40% […]
Italian energy group Eni has discovered a major natural gas at Narges-1 exploration well in the Narges Offshore Area Concession in the Eastern Mediterranean, offshore Egypt, the company announced Sunday in a press release. The multinational firm said it discovered 200 net feet (61 meters) of milocene and oligosin gas-bearing sandstones in the Nargis-1 well […]
