Turkey’s growing military presence in Libya may prompt policymakers in Rome to shift away from Ankara and towards a deeper partnership with France in order to protect Italy’s extensive energy and economic interests in Libya itself and the rest of the southern and eastern Mediterranean basin…
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Tags : Libya, energy, Turkey,
Owing to the ongoing Turkey-Egypt clashes near Libya, there are reports that Turkey could soon deploy Russian S-400 air and missile defence system in Libya. Turkey has been receiving the Russian S-400 air and missile defence system despite United States and NATO’s objections…
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Tags : Libya, Russia, Turkey, S-400,
Algeria’s president has appointed Rosthom Fadli as the country’s central bank governor, making him the fifth person to hold the role since 2016. Since 2014, Algeria has had six finance ministers, one of whom served twice, and two of whom have been former central bank governors. The rapid turnover in senior economic policy-makers is likely to be in part…
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Tags : Algeria, Central Bank, economy,
The Tunisian authorities announced on Monday that their naval patrols had intercepted a total of 19 boats carrying 246 migrants hoping to make a new life in Italy. The vast majority of migrants were from Tunisia, 29 of them however came…
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Tags : Tunisia, migration,
(Washington, DC) – Moroccan authorities have jailed an outspoken journalist and activist, Omar Radi, on espionage and other charges that seem backed by scant evidence, Human Rights Watch said today. His judicial investigation, scheduled to begin on September 22, 2020, raises concerns that authorities are abusing the justice system to silence one of the few remaining critical voices in Moroccan media.
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Tags : Morocco, Espionage, jounalists, press,
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has said Algeria will never be part of an agreement to normalise relations with Israel. Tebboune condemned the formally signed deal between Israel, Bahrain and the UAE to normalise…
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Tags : Algeria, Qatar, Israel, Normalization,
Since the government’s first actions in the late 1990s, Morocco has undertaken an in-depth review of its energy strategy. This overhaul has been achieved through a number of concrete projects. First, positioning Morocco as a leading player in North Africa and the Mediterranean; early attempts included entering into joint venture negotiations, in the mid-1990s, on the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline with Algeria, Spain, and Portugal.
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Tags : Morocco, coronavirus, covid 19,
The Principality of Monaco has recently signed its first funding agreement with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the two parties have agreed a tripartite declaration together with the Union for the Mediterranean …
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Tags : Tunisia, UNIDO, Monaco, Union for the Mediterranean,
CAIRO – Opposition from top political figures in Libya’s U.N.-backed government in Tripoli to a deal announced Friday to resume the country’s oil production appears to have put the agreement on hold, at least for the moment. The deal between eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa…
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Tags : Libya, Oil, production,
The African Development Bank’s Board on Wednesday approved a grant of $2.1 million to boost the country’s resilience against climate related shocks and food insecurity. The funds, sourced from the African Development Fund, will go to…
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Tags : Mauritania, development, climate, food insecurity,