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Chinese firm to construct Ethiopia-Djibouti 767 km-long gas pipeline

China’s Poly-GCL Petroleum Group Holdings Limited will build a 767 km gas pipeline between Ethiopia’s eastern Ogadem Basin and an export terminal on the Red Sea, Ethiopian Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said. Ethiopian and Djiboutian government officials agreed that Poly-GCL would begin construction of the pipeline project this year, the ministry said. Last April, […]

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Mauritania Wants to Attract More Moroccan Investors

Mauritanian Foreign Minister Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed called on Moroccan businessmen to grab the investment opportunities offered in his country. The Mauritanian minister who paid a two-day visit to Rabat sept.20-21 stressed the need for stepping up bilateral ties at all levels particularly in the economic field. He said Mauritania offers investment opportunities in the […]

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Morocco Nigeria Forge ahead with Gas Pipeline Plan

Morocco and Nigeria are moving forwards with their gas pipeline agreed upon in December 2016 during a visit by King Mohammed VI to Abuja. The project featured prominently at a ceremony co-chaired Sunday by King Mohammed VI and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, arrived earlier in Rabat on a two-day working and friendship visit to Morocco. […]

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Morocco’s Commitment to Africa Underpinned by Shared History, Common Destiny, King

Morocco’s commitment to Africa is underpinned by a sense of loyalty to a shared history and a firm belief in a common destiny, and its African policy is based on a thorough understanding of African realities, said King Mohammed VI in a speech he delivered on Sunday, adding that for Morocco, Africa is the future. […]

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Turkey, Israel to Finalize Deal on Pipeline before Year’s End?

Turkey and Israel are seemingly set to finalize the deal on a pipeline that will connect the two countries before the end of the current year, during an official visit to Tel Aviv by Turkish Energy Minister Berat Albayrak. The Turkish official’s visit to Israel was announced by Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz, on the […]

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Moroccan-Nigerian Gas Pipeline, a Vector of Regional Integration

Morocco and Nigeria are making headway towards the achievement of the Atlantic Gas Pipeline that is meant to carry Nigerian gas through six countries to Morocco with a potential for export to Europe. To materialize this project, additional agreements were signed in Rabat in the presence of King Mohammed VI and Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Geoffrey […]

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Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project Taking Shape

The Nigeria-Morocco huge gas pipeline project, agreed upon last year, is taking shape with the signing Monday in Rabat of additional agreements related to the pipeline that will stretch along the West African coast all the way up from Nigeria to Morocco and eventually into Europe. The agreements were signed at a ceremony chaired by […]