Senegal officially becomes newest oil producer

Senegal’s Sangomar oil and gas field has produced its first oil, operator Woodside Energy said, with the newly elected president Bassirou Faye promising that oil revenue will be “well managed.” Senegal also expected to start producing gas this year in the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim offshore field which it shares with Mauritania. “This is an historic […]

Thousands march in Paris in support of Kabylie independence

They were at least 10,000 people who marched in Paris chanting slogans in support of Kabylie independence and condemning the military regime in Algeria for its crackdown on peaceful pro-independence activists. The march was organized by Kabyle independence movement, MAK, after its leader Ferhat Mhenni was handed the capital punishment along with 49 other leaders. […]

Mauritania Secures €39m French Loan to Build Ten Solar Power Plants

Mauritania and France, on Tuesday, November 25, have formalized a preferential loan agreement worth €39.2 million to construct ten solar power plants equipped with storage systems, marking a strategic boost to the country’s clean energy ambitions. Signed in Nouakchott by Mauritanian Economy Minister Abdallahi Souleymane Cheikh Sidiya and France’s Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade Nicolas […]