France announced Tuesday January 2 the closure of its Embassy in Niger’s capital of Niamey “until further notice”, citing major concerns. “For the past five months, our Embassy has been subjected to major obstacles that have made it impossible to do its job: a blockade around the Embassy, restrictions on employees’ movements, and the turning […]
In a report covering a decade of the UN action in the Sahara, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres deplored the destructive role played by Algeria in blocking a political solution to the over four-decade conflict. The report points out to the multiple efforts led by successive UN envoys citing the roundtables held in December 2018 […]
Morocco is poised to become a gas producer with the start of the initial gas commissioning activities at Tendrara Production Concession, shifting the regional energy order and landscape. The North African Kingdom has launched lately two major international bids worth nearly $1 billion for the development of a first phase of a Liquefied Natural Gas […]
