The renewed flare-up in Israeli-Palestinian conflict has caused an outrage across Africa but it has also prompted heated debates in different countries in the continent about how to reconcile the gap between their economic and trade goals and their political and cultural realities. Thousands of protesters have marched across the Middle East and Africa on […]
In the wake of Spain’s self-inflicted migration crisis, analyses underpinned by Moroccophobia spawned in Spanish media. Some suggested Spain should consider cutting or threatening to cut electricity flows through the submarine cables to Morocco as leverage. Such proposals ignore the mutual benefits of the interconnection and risk exposing deeper economic interdependence, energy experts and bilateral […]
The long awaited opening of Es Sider and Ras Lanuf is finally over after the announcement by the rebels that the government could use it to “resume operations.” The two oil ports have a combined capacity of 560,000 barrels per day. The government has welcomed the move which is seen as a supporting gesture to […]
