First Independent Mena Newspaper
Seven survivors and relatives of victims have launched a legal action against French company TotalEnergies for “involuntary manslaughter and failure to assist a person in danger” following a bloody 2021 Islamic State-linked jihadist attack in northern Mozambique. Victims and their families accuse the French energy giant, which ran a $20 billion liquefied natural gas project […]
Benin’s capital Cotonou will no longer host the 45th Confederation of African Football (CAF) Ordinary General Assembly as expected, local “24H Au Benin” reports. The African football governing body according to the media has moved the congress to Kenya as replacement. The media citing unnamed sources notes local authorities have informed CAF about inability to […]
King Mohammed VI sent a congratulatory message to the members of the national soccer team, finalists of the Under-17 TotalEnergies 2023 African Cup of Nations, for their exceptional achievement during the tournament and their qualification for the 2023 World Cup. “It is with great joy that We send you Our warmest congratulations for the exceptional […]
A French court has dismissed a landmark lawsuit against controversial TotalEnergies projects in east Africa, which was filed by six French and Ugandan activist groups in 2018, using a 2017 law on multinationals operating outside France. This was the first time that NGOs tried to halt an oil project through a Paris courthouse. As Uganda […]
Akwa Africa, a subsidiary of Moroccan Akwa group, is set to acquire Total Energies fuel distribution subsidiary in Mauritania, the competition council said. The council said it was informed about the sale without offering details on the transaction which Financial Afric said would amount to 185 million dollars. Akwa Africa was established to help the […]
Amid continuing clashes between Mozambique’s federal forces and other African allies against Islamist militants in the Cabo Delgado Province, the country’s president Filipe Nyusi has called on Western energy companies to resume work, assuring them security situation had improved in the conflict-torn region. Addressing the Mozambique Gas & Energy Summit in Maputo Wednesday (14 September), […]
The French energy giant TotalEnergies has submitted an application to convert its exploration right offshore South Africa into a production right and the country’s authorities expect the company to submit a production plan within weeks to utilize a prolific offshore gas discovery that will form a key part of increasing investment in the sector. The […]
French giant Total Energies has ditched a petrochemical project in Arzew in Oran in Western Algeria, a withdrawal that analysts blamed on Algeria’s bureaucracy. The news was relayed by Africa Intelligence news outlet on the eve of a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to the country. The French firm has sealed a deal wih […]