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Mauritania: Opposition Rejects President’s Proposal to Suppress Senate

The Mauritanian opposition Saturday took to the streets to contest the President’s constitutional change proposal that will allow suppression of the senate. “We are protesting today to tell Ould Abdel Aziz that the Constitution is the red line,” Saleh Ould Henenna, Secretary General of FNDU, an opposition front made of 10 parties, told thousands of […]

Burkina Faso ex-Transport Minister Vincent Dabilgou sentenced to eleven years in jail for funds embezzlement

A court in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou sentenced Thursday August 17 Vincent Dabilgou, former Transport minister under deposed leader Roch Christian Kaboré to eleven years in prison for embezzlement of public funds, money laundering and political party financing. The Court also indicated the former minister will serve seven suspended years and will pay €4.7 million […]

Algeria to conclude oil deal with Exxon Mobile

The government Algeria will conclude its deal with Exxon Mobil Corp and set up a trade joint venture with an international company before the first half of 2019, Sonatrach’s Chief Executive Officer said. Algeria is mulling over luring in international oil companies with tax incentives in a new energy law aimed at stimulating the North […]