Algeria’s Bid To Joins The BRICS
November 9th, 2022
Via Eurasia Review, a report on Algeria’s interest in joining the BRICS: Algeria is making a bid to join BRICS, the conglomerate of emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The country which is the 11th biggest holder of gas reserves globally, has already made a formal application to join the group with […]
Read more »Algeria: Potential To Ease Europe’s Chill This Winter?
November 7th, 2022
Via Global Voices, commentary on Algeria’s potential to compensate for the shortage of Russian gas supplies to the EU: The world had barely stablised from a global pandemic when geopolitical mayhem erupted at the beginning of 2022. A Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Europe’s break with Moscow is currently disrupting the world order. Between European […]
Read more »Algeria Relaxes Rules For Foreign Investors
October 19th, 2022
Via Al Monitor, a report on how – following years of social and political uncertainty triggered by popular uprisings in 2019 – Algeria has updated laws to attract investment: Algeria seeks to breathe new life into its investment landscape with a new investment law. Published at the end of July, the updated legislation aims at […]
Read more »Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline
August 2nd, 2022
Via International Intrigue, a look at the Trans Saharan gas pipeline: Nigeria, Algeria, and Niger have signed a new agreement to build the Trans-Saharan Pipeline, a project designed to transport Nigerian gas to Europe. Securing funding for the project is the first task on their list, and with a rival African pipeline also looking for investors, […]
Read more »Oil and Gas Discoveries Boost Algeria
August 2nd, 2022
Via African Business, a report on three (3) discoveries made in the Algerian desert last week should expand Algeria’s gas and oil deliveries to Europe as the continent looks beyond Russia for gas deliveries: Algeria’s state-owned oil company Sonatrach has announced three major oil and gas discoveries in the Sahara desert. Since the outbreak of […]
Read more »Africa Is Not Europe’s Gas Station
July 6th, 2022
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on how Germany and Italy are telling Africans that they should saddle themselves with fossil-fuel infrastructure that will soon become a drag on our economies and propel us toward climate disaster: Having been thrust to the front lines of a climate crisis we did not cause, Africans have long urged rich countries […]
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