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Several leading US companies across the oil, gas, telecommunications, technology, and infrastructure sectors have signaled strong interest in participating in the Libya Energy Conference 2026. Their intent was conveyed during a high-level meeting in Washington Sunday, November 23 2025, between executives and a delegation from Libya’s Government of National Unity, coordinated by the US-Libya Business […]
Algeria has reportedly rejected proposals to reopen the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline (GME), despite months of lobbying by several European countries seeking to restore flows toward Spain, the Washington-based energy outlet Attaqa said. According to Attaqa, later echoed by Spanish media, Algiers dismissed multiple attempts to “test the waters” on resuming exports through the GME, which […]
On Wednesday, November 19 2025, Egypt has signed a nuclear fuel purchase order and a broad cooperation agreement with Russia’s State-owned Rosatom for the country’s first nuclear power facility at El-Dabaa, the Egyptian Cabinet announced. The fuel order covers the first reactor core, signalling readiness for further project development, while the cooperation agreement includes joint […]
Morocco’s Competition Council quarterly analysis of nine fuel distribution companies reveals price, margin, and tax revenue declines during the second quarter of 2025, highlighting persistent gaps between international cost reductions and domestic pricing adjustments. The comprehensive monitoring system, established through transactional agreements between the Competition Council and distribution companies, provides essential economic transparency in a […]
Morocco has mobilized more than 78 billion dirhams ($8.5 billion) to develop a clean, modern, and multimodal public transport system by 2029, Abdellatif Maâzouz, president of the Casablanca-Settat Regional Council, said during a side event at COP30. The investment plan allocates 11 billion dirhams for the acquisition of 3,750 next-generation buses and 67 billion dirhams […]
The Atlantic Sahara is called upon to become a strategic corridor of connectivity and opening-up between two continents, Africa and Europe thanks to the major energy projects launched under the impetus of King Mohammed VI. The remarks were made by Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali, in Dakhla on Friday, in a […]
Morocco has taken a decisive step toward its energy future with the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water launching, earlier this month, Africa’s first Smart Grid platform at the Center for Electrical Sciences and Technology. This initiative, financed by the African Development Bank with over four million dirhams, positions the kingdom as a continental […]
South Sudan has confirmed it requested $2.5 billion in oil-backed loans from two international firms, exceeding the country’s annual budget of less than $2 billion. The Petroleum ministry said on Thursday that the requests, sent in late October, were preliminary and intended solely for official Government purposes. The loans comprise $1 billion from ONGC Nile […]
Contrary to claims circulating in Algerian media, Morocco does not face butane price increases linked to halted Algerian exports—primarily because the Kingdom stopped importing Algerian butane three years ago. Several Algerian news outlets recently asserted that Morocco faces butane price hikes in early 2026 due to Algeria cutting gas exports to the Kingdom, supposedly causing […]
On Wednesday, November 5, 2025, Senegal’s Minister of Energy, Petroleum and Mines, Birame Soulèye Diop, has announced plans for the completion of a national gas pipeline by 2027. Speaking in Diamniadio during the 8th edition of the Senegal International Mining Exhibition, Mr. Diop said the project aims to transport natural gas across the country, linking […]