Egypt
Egypt seals $245m gas exploration deals to lure investors
Egypt’s state gas company EGAS has awarded six new exploration blocks worth $245 million in an effort to boost
Former Tunisian presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel was sentenced on Monday to two years and eight months in prison, raising his cumulative jail time to 35 years following previous trials. Zammel, one of only two candidates allowed to stand against President Kais Saied last month, was arrested in early September, on the same day that the electoral authorities had approved his candidacy.
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Egypt
Egypt seals $245m gas exploration deals to lure investors
Egypt’s state gas company EGAS has awarded six new exploration blocks worth $245 million in an effort to boost
Tunisia
Tunisia struggles to save ancient Sloughi desert hound
Once prized hunting companions of desert nomads, Tunisia’s ancient Sloughi hounds are now under threat from urbanisation, habitat loss,
Mauritania
Senegal-Mauritania GTA LNG project starts commercial phase
The Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) liquefied natural gas project off the coasts of Senegal and Mauritania has officially begun commercial
Morocco
Moroccan novelist wins Henri de Régnier Prize
“Souviens-toi des abeilles” wins French Academy prize Moroccan writer Zineb Mekouar has won the French Academy’s Henri de Régnier