Morocco
Morocco–EU trade reaches historic peak in 2024
Trade between Morocco and the European Union soared to a record-breaking $65 billion in 2024, according to an announcement from
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye urged greater European support for Sahel stability during a visit by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to West Africa on Thursday. The Sahel, including Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, faces ongoing jihadist violence and is now governed by military juntas following coups since 2020. These regimes have distanced themselves from the West, leaving ECOWAS to form their own confederation.
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Morocco
Feasibility studies move forward on the Morocco–Nigeria Atlantic gas pipeline project.
Morocco’s Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali, has announced that preliminary engineering and feasibility studies for
Benin
Al-Qaeda affiliate claims deadly attack in Benin as Sahel conflict spills south
An al-Qaeda-linked group has claimed responsibility for killing 70 soldiers in Benin’s northeast, marking the country’s deadliest jihadist
Mauritania
BP begins LNG exports from Senegal-Mauritania gas project
BP has loaded its first LNG export cargo from Phase 1 of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) project offshore Mauritania
Niger
Jihadists suspected in Swiss woman’s kidnapping in Niger
Armed militants likely linked to the Islamic State group abducted a 67-year-old Swiss woman in the Nigerien city of Agadez