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Morocco takes over North Africa vice-presidency of African Ministers’ Council on Water

Morocco has taken over the vice-presidency of the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) for the North African region for the 2025-2027 term. This came during the 6th extraordinary session of the Executive Committee of the AMCOW Board of Directors, held on Monday. Speaking at the session via videoconference, Morocco’s Minister of Equipment and Water […]

Egypt Inks $1 bln Oil & Gas Deal with Shell, Petronas

The government of Egypt last weekend signed a deep-water oil and gas exploration deal with Royal Dutch Shell and Malaysia’s Petronas worth around $1 billion for eight wells, a statement said. The government in a separate deal of $10 million with Rockhopper, Kuwait Energy and Canada’s Dover Corporation, agreed on the exploration of the Western […]

DRC urges ICC to prioritize crimes in country’s east as peace talks yield no progress

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has urged International Criminal Court (ICC) to prioritize crimes committed in the country’s volatile eastern provinces, as a third round of peace talks has ended with no reported progress toward settling conflict. DRC’s Justice minister Rose Mutombo, who took part on 6 December in the meeting of the Assembly of […]