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Turkish energy minister said his country is planning to conduct offshore explorations in Libyan waters in search of oil and gas. Ankara and Tripoli are close to reaching an agreement to launch the explorations, energy minister Alparslan Bayraktar told Sabah newspaper. Bayraktar said that, while Turkey invests in explorations in the Mediterranean, it also attaches […]
Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan, earlier this week, led a delegation to Niger to discuss uranium supplies, Bloomberg reported. The delegation “wants to tap Nigerien supplies of the fissile mineral to fuel Turkey’s nascent nuclear-power industry,” it said. The two parties agreed to boost cooperation on energy, mining, intelligence, and defense, at a time Niger […]
Russia and Turkey have recently strengthened their nuclear footprint in Africa, the former by inking a nuclear deal with the Congo and the latter through reported efforts by to acquire some of Niger’s uranium assets to support its growing nuclear-power industry. After being involved in several nuclear deals across Africa, Russia’s state company Rosatom which […]
Morocco and Turkey agreed to foster cooperation in the fields of mining and energy, including innovative fields such as green hydrogen. The deal was signed by Morocco’s energy minister Laila Benali and her Turkish peer Alparslan Bayraktar, who also agreed to cooperate on electricity distribution, decarbonization, and energy efficiency. The two parties also highlighted the […]
Hundreds of pro-Turkey Syrian mercenaries are flocking to Niger to join the ranks of the military regime in Niamey. AFP cited several unnamed fighters, lured by cash, who traveled with a Turkish private company to the resource rich country in the unstable Sahel region. The company takes advantage of good ties between Ankara and Niamey, […]
The European Union’s recently agreed-upon Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) does not target China but is aimed “simply [at] diversifying sources of supply,” a senior EU official has said, just as a recent study highlighted the bloc’s continuing efforts to close deals with resource-rich African nations to reduce its dependence on China for critical raw […]
The defense cooperation agreement between Somalia and Turkey signed earlier this month (8 February) aims to achieve several objectives, experts say, including Ankara’s helping Mogadishu secure its maritime interests and serving as a counterbalance against the recent Ethiopian controversial deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland. The defense cooperation agreement Somalia inked with Turkey last […]
Turkey and Burkina Faso have inked several agreements spanning over many areas including health, energy, and education, Anadolu news agency reports, citing Turkish Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca. Koca on X, formerly known as Twitter, said the deals were signed during the third meeting of the joint Economic Committee. “As co-chairmen, we signed the minutes […]
Niger’s Prime Minister Lamine Zeine landed in Russia on Monday January 15, the first leg of an international tour to take him also to Iran, Turkey and Serbia as the West African country seeks to diversify partners after severing ties with former colonial power France. Zeine is heading a high-key delegation including the ministers of […]
Mali received Thursday January 4 a fresh shipment of Turkish combat drones to be used in the fight against terrorism and the supervision of the country’s airspace. The drones, unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs), were delivered during a ceremony attended by the interim leader of Mali, Col. Assimi Goita and the Turkish ambassador to the […]