Libya’s Sharara oil field stopped extracting crude oil several days after output plunged at another of the OPEC member’s biggest deposits. Oil prices climbed amid a production halt at Libya's biggest crude field https://t.co/R2JUgBNK8v pic.twitter.com/ZJj4Yf4z27 — Bloomberg (@business) March 5, 2018 The halt resulted from the closing of a pipeline from Sharara to the Zawiya…
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Saharawi challenge EU-Morocco fishery deal
The European Union’s fisheries agreement with Morocco should be declared invalid because it includes the disputed territory of Western Sahara, an adviser to the EU’s top court said. Advocate General of the #EU Court of Justice states that the EU-#Morocco Fisheries Agreement is invalid because it applies to #WesternSahara, where "the existence of a state…
Eastern Libya to launch its coins
Authorities in eastern Libya will circulate their own coins to ease shortages of money, a central bank official said. Another sign of dichotomy in the country that has two rival governments in east and west: following ancient Cyrenaica and Tripolitania division. Reportedly the new coins, made in Russia, will join Russian-made paper currency that has…
€200 million loan to Tunisia
The European Commission, on behalf of the EU, has today approved the disbursement of a €200 million loan to Tunisia. This disbursement marks the launch of the second Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA-II) programme to Tunisia. A total of €500 million will be disbursed in three instalments in 2017 and 2018. “Today’s disbursement to Tunisia is proof…
EU response to MSF on Libya migrants
The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, on accused the European Union and national governments of funding the criminal abuse of migrants in detention centers in Libya. .@EUCouncil what happens in #Libya to migrants and refugees should shock your conscience. Stop feeding this business of suffering. pic.twitter.com/chxFoiN389 — MSF International (@MSF) September 7,…
EU continues investing in Tripoli
EU representatives from the EU Delegation to Libya, Operation Sophia and EUBAM met with the President of the Presidency Council, Fayez Al Serraj, and other Libyan officials in Tripoli, notably Deputy Minister of Defence Colonel Ewhida Abdullah Ewhida, the Chief of the Libyan Navy and the Chief of the Libyan Coastguard. EU confirms its engagement…
Tunisie: la loi protège les femmes
“L’Assemblée des représentants du peuple tunisien a franchi un pas majeur dans le processus de transition démocratique en adoptant à l’unanimité des députés présents une ambitieuse loi contre les violences faites aux femmes. Ce texte très attendu est une nouvelle étape cruciale vers le plein respect des droits humains et l’égalité des chances entre hommes…
Déclaration de Tunis sur la route migratoire en Méditerranée
Les Ministres de l’Intérieur réunis à Tunis aujourd’hui ont convenu de renforcer davantage la coordination en matière de gestion de la migration en Méditerranée centrale. Very constructive meeting with Algerian MoI Noureddine Bedoui to prepare the stepping up of #EU–#Algeria cooperation on migration & security pic.twitter.com/xBfGkr7pTV — Dimitris Avramopoulos (@Avramopoulos) July 24, 2017 A cette…
EU supports one side in Libya’s conflict
The Council adopted conclusions on Libya. The conclusions recognises that recent violence threatens Libya’s stability. The EU believes there is no solution to the Libyan crisis through the use of force. The Council reiterates its firm support to the Libyan Political Agreement and to the Presidency Council and Government of National Accord led by Prime Minister…
ECOWAS in controversy
The 51st ordinary meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) began in the Liberian capital Monrovia on Saturday, 3 of June. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was invited to address the ECOWAS meeting, the first time a non-African leader has been asked to speak to the event. Moroccan King Mohammed VI canceled his participation at…
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