Türkiye sees energy shift, boosts LNG deals, domestic production

Türkiye could meet over half of its gas needs by the end of 2028 by ramping up domestic production and increasing U.S. imports, in a shift that threatens to further shrink the last major European market for Russian and Iranian suppliers. With a...

The World’s Largest Air Forces By Annual Budget

An April 2025 study by an international group of researchers reported to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute that the top five military spenders in the world account for 60% of all defense spending on the planet. Those five...

Sahrawi NGOs urge Italian university to drop biased content on Moroccan Sahara

A group of Sahrawi human rights organizations has called out Italy’s “Puan” University for including politically charged material about Morocco’s southern provinces and the sand wall in a master’s program. The coalition said that the university...

Italy's ambassador to Algeria on a mission to Oran

Italy's ambassador to Algiers, Alberto Cutillo, went on a mission in recent days to Oran, the capital of western Algeria and the country's second largest city. According to reports from the Italian diplomatic representation, Ambassador Cutillo...

Tindouf Camps See Rising Security Chaos as Armed Attack Exposes Algeria-Polisario Rift

Dakhla — Tensions are escalating in and around the Tindouf camps in southern Algeria as new reports reveal a sharp rise in insecurity. Reports emerged this week of a recent armed attack targeting Chinese workers, exposing the fragile situation in...

President Tebboune Rejects Reclassification of Agricultural Land, Calls for Its Protection

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has firmly rejected the reclassification of agricultural land for public infrastructure projects during the Council of Ministers on October 5, urging the government to safeguard Algeria’s remaining fertile lands amid...

Renewable Energy Surpasses Coal as World’s Leading Source of Electricity

Renewable energy has overtaken coal as the world’s largest source of electricity generation for the first time, marking a milestone moment in the global transition towards cleaner energy. According to new figures from the energy think tank Ember,...

Russian Roulette in Energy Security: Hungary, Ukraine, and Russian dependence

Energy security has become a strategic issue in Europe since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. However, Hungary is taking a different path. While the EU is seeking to reduce its dependence on Russian energy, Hungary continues to rely on Russia,...

AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of Compagnie Centrale de Réassurance

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” (Good) of Compagnie Centrale de Réassurance (CCR) (Algeria). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings)...

Russia opens the door to the Moroccan Autonomy Plan for the Sahara: a turn with geostrategic impact on the Maghreb

Context of Russia's shift: from ‘undefined’ to conditional support What are the motivations behind Russia's ‘yes’? The Sahrawi position and the Polisario's crisis of legitimacy Repercussions for the West, Europe and the United States Risks,...

Rosary Pilgrimage to Lourdes with record turnout highlights brotherhood, martyrs of Algeria

PARIS — Lourdes saw a record turnout for the annual Rosary Pilgrimage, with 17,000 pilgrims from Oct. 2–4 — the highest number since the Dominican-led event began in 1908. Among them were 200 Dominicans, 3,000 young people and children, and 2,700...

Oman’s production quota ticks up to 808,000 bpd

MUSCAT, OCT 7 The latest decision by the Opec+ alliance to ease voluntary production cuts will raise Oman’s output by 4,000 barrels per day (bpd) beginning in November 2025, according to prominent Omani energy analyst Ali al Riyami. With this...

WFF 2025: Special event boosts momentum for the implementation of the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) Initiative

Rome – At the World Food Forum 2025 in Rome, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) convened a high-level event to galvanise global efforts to accelerate the implementation and impact of the One Country One Priority...

World Bank raises Morocco’s 2025 growth forecast to 4.4% amid strong agriculture and tourism recovery

The World Bank has revised upward its 2025 growth forecast for the region covering the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAAP), including Morocco, projecting the Kingdom’s economy to expand by 4.4 percent, an increase of 0.8...

How Hama$ Turned Gaza Into a Hostage Economy

If we want to prevent another October 7, we need to understand what made it possible. For Hamas, the engine of atrocity was not ideology or faith — it was money. Cash turned Gaza into a fortress, its people into bargaining chips, and terror and...

EU renews push for Mediterranean integration

BRUSSELS (AFP): The EU has launched a renewed push to strengthen ties with northern African countries and other Mediterranean nations, offering investments, deeper cultural ties, and cooperation on migration. The European Commission unveiled a...

Africa Intelligence Brief - October 15, 2025

(MENAFN- The Rio Times) Egypt moved its 3,000-MW Europe interconnector toward feasibility as Algeria tightened bank and FX rules; Nigeria struck a plan to securitize ₦4 trillion ($2.69 billion) in power arrears while Ghana readied a zero-tariff...

OPEC+ 8 Decide to Implement Production Adjustment

A statement posted on OPEC’s website on Sunday revealed that Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman “decided to implement a production adjustment of 137,000 barrels per day” in a virtual...

Renewable energy production surpasses coal for first time

Global wind power capacity has soared in recent decades. Image: Shutterstock By Victoria Heath For the first time ever, the world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants, according to a report from climate thinktank...

Police dismantle network shipping stolen London phones to China

The Metropolitan Police has dismantled an international smuggling gang responsible for exporting tens of thousands of stolen phones from London to China, in what senior officers have called the force’s most significant operation against such theft...