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Libya to increase oil production to 2 million b/d

Libya’s state-run oil company, National Oil Corporation (NOC), plans to increase oil production to 2 million barrels per day as most of the country’s oil fields resume operations. Chairman of NOC, Farhat bin Qadara, said a medium-term plan will be outlined to achieve this goal, which will extend from three to five years and that […]

Libya’s Oil minister renews suspension of NOC chairman

Libya’s Oil Minister has suspended for the second time the chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) and referred him for administrative investigation less than a month after Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah defused the crisis between the two institutions. NOC boss Mustafa Sanalla, under a decree (50/2021) issued by the oil ministry held by Mohamed […]

Bouteflika Leaves, Regime Stays

The abdication of ailing President Bouteflika has been met with celebrations on the streets of Algiers but his downfall only confirms the power-grab of the military over the Algerian political scene. The six weeks of protests that have rocked Algeria demanding the stepping down of the ailing President and the oligarchs in power were conducive […]