Mauritania secured a $2 billion financing pledge from the Arab Coordination Group (ACG) during the OPEC High-Level Forum in Vienna, the group announced on Thursday. President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani, guest of honor, met with OPEC Fund chief Abdulhamid Alkhalifa and AfDB president-elect Sidi Ould Tah before chairing a roundtable on Africa's economic transformation. The funding, spanning 2025-2030, will target energy, water, transport and digital infrastructure projects. The ACG includes the OPEC Fund, Saudi and Kuwaiti development funds and the Islamic Development Bank.
Mauritanian authorities in Nouadhibou have detained 20 irregular migrants of various nationalities preparing to travel to Spain, the gendarmerie said
Israel has restarted limited natural gas exports from surplus supplies, the Energy Ministry said on Thursday, nearly a week after
Morocco's annual inflation slowed to 0.4% in May from 0.7% in April, the statistics agency said
Spanish police have dismantled a criminal network that forced minors to skipper boats smuggling migrants from Morocco to Spain. The
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