algeria-unrest

Algeria: After denying any desire to withdraw, TotalEnergies slips away secretly from Arzew project

TotalEnergies has abandoned the polypropylene plant project at Arzew, located on the Algerian coast, near Oran. However, no official announcement has been made by the French group. It was until May 18 that the British oil services company Petrofac revealed that STEP Polymers SPA (a 100% subsidiary of the Algerian state company Sonatrach) had awarded […]

Algeria : sectarian violence in Ghardia

 The oasis town of Ghardia located 600 kilometers south of the capital and dubbed to be a major drug trafficking point is entangled in sectarian violence between the Chaamba community of Arab origin and the Mozabites, a Berber minority group which adheres to the Ibadi faith, an offshoot of Shiite Islam. Recent clashes have left […]

Spain: Authorities dismantle ring exploiting irregular migrants, mostly Moroccans

Spanish police have arrested 43 people in the south of the country, suspected of belonging to a criminal ring that exploited illegal migrants working in the agricultural sector, mostly from Morocco, to whom they sold fake employment contracts at exorbitant price. “National police officers arrested 43 people in the province of Malaga and dismantled a […]