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S&P Global Commodity Insights Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 As Emerald Partner, Bringing Strategic Energy Intelligence To Help Drive Africa's Energy Future
MENAFN
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August 26, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) S&P Global Commodity Insights, the leading independent provider of information, analytics and benchmark prices for the commodities, energy and energy transition markets, and a division of S&P Global, has joined the...
The Digital Shift: Redefining Insurance with Smarter Payments
Banking Dive
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Chinese solution helps ease water shortage in Mauritanian capital
People's Daily Online
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(Xinhua) 10:39, August 22, 2025 An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 7, 2025 shows the Beni Nadji water pretreatment station in the Trarza region, Mauritania. The Beni Nadji pretreatment project, built by a subsidiary of Power Construction...
Feature: Chinese solution helps ease water shortage in Mauritanian capital
Xinhua News Agency
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NOUAKCHOTT, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Late into the night, Mauritanian Minister of Hydraulics and Sanitation Amal Mint Maouloud stood quietly on the operation platform of the Beni Nadji water pretreatment station in the southwestern Trarza region. In...
Nigeria’s logistics dominance fades amid regional competition
Punch
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August 21, 2025
Nigeria, once West Africa’s dominant logistics hub, is losing ground to regional rivals like Togo, as poor infrastructure, high costs, and policy failures erode its trade competitiveness. While others modernise, Nigeria risks falling further...
Saudi to develop iron mine in Mauritania
Zawya
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Saudi Arabia and Mauritania are working to launch a strategic iron mining partnership as part of efforts to expand economic cooperation and boost mutual investments, Mauritania’s ambassador to Riyadh has said. Moktar Ould Dahi told the Saudi daily...
Mauritanian prospector union seeks talks with Moroccan officials over border incursions
Hespress
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August 13, 2025
HESPRESS English – Morocco News Politics Hespress ENWednesday 13 August 2025 - 17:11 The president of Mauritania’s General Union of Prospectors, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould El Hassan, plans to request meetings with authorities in Morocco’s southern...
Mauritania nets EIB loan
International Railway Journal
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August 13, 2025
Freight operator SNIM to receive $US 125m funding towards $US 512m modernisation programme. THE European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a $US 125m loan towards state-owned iron ore mining company SNIM’s $US 512m rail modernisation programme....
Energy Minister Says No Oil Discovered in The Gambia
Foroyaa Newspaper
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August 11, 2025
By Assan Bah Mr. Nani Juwara, the Minister of Petroleum, Energy and Mines said no oil has been discovered in the Gambia so far, despite the numerous explorations made by international oil marketing companies. Mr. Juwara made the disclosure during...
Saudi Arabia, Mauritania Partnership Aims to Produce 14 Mln Tons of Iron Annually
Asharq Al-Awsat
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August 15, 2025
Mauritania and Saudi Arabia are working to launch a strategic iron mining partnership as part of efforts to expand economic cooperation and boost mutual investments, Mauritania’s ambassador to Riyadh said. Ambassador Moktar Ould Dahi told Asharq...
Mauritania faces drug market challenges amid efforts to restore public trust
Hespress
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August 9, 2025
Widespread concerns over counterfeit drugs, cross-border smuggling and limited compliance with medical prescriptions are fueling a crisis of confidence in Mauritania’s pharmaceutical sector, prompting some patients to seek medications through...
Mauritania to open new border crossing connecting Morocco’s Smara to Bir Moghrein
Hespress
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August 8, 2025
Mauritania is preparing to open a new international border crossing that will link the Moroccan city of Smara to the northern Mauritanian town of Bir Moghrein through the Amgala region, local media reported. According to Mauritanian news outlet...
Long Shortz with Aura Energy: Tiris uranium scores US offtake and spot sales agreements
Stockhead
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August 15, 2025
Tylah Tully chats with Aura Energy (ASX:AEE) managing director Andrew Grove after the company secured an offtake agreement with a tier-one US utility for uranium oxide concentrate from the Tiris project in Mauritania. This deal, alongside an...
Algerian media criticize Mauritania for new border crossing with Morocco
Hespress
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August 13, 2025
Algerian media La Patrie, close to the Algerian regime, criticized Mauritania over the planned opening of a new international border crossing linking the Moroccan city of Smara to the northern Mauritanian town of Bir Moghrein via the Amagala...
Technip Energies Backs MSGBC Energy Conference as Regional Projects Advance
News Ghana
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August 13, 2025
Technip Energies will serve as a Gold Sponsor at December’s MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2025 conference in Dakar, reinforcing its commitment to West Africa’s energy sector. The event, supported by Senegal’s Energy Ministry, Petrosen, COS-Petrogaz, and...
Jinko ESS Powers TIJIRIT Factory in Mauritania to Achieve 100% Clean Energy Transition
ESS News
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July 31, 2025
Jinko ESS, a global leading energy storage company, today announced a strategic partnership with Mauritania’s renowned bottled water brand TIJIRIT to deploy an integrated industrial and commercial solar-plus-storage system at its factory. The...
Technip Energies Joins MSGBC 2025 As Gold Sponsor Amid Industrial Drive
MENAFN
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August 13, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Energy project developer Technip Energies has confirmed its participation as a Gold Sponsor at the upcoming MSGBC Oil, Gas&Power 2025 conference and exhibition, taking place from December 9-10 in Dakar. Held under the theme...
Spain’s octopus industry faces collapse amid overfishing, climate shifts and global demand
Euronews
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August 13, 2025
At a humming factory in the Spanish town of O Carballino, workers sling dozens of limp octopuses into a metal cauldron, wincing as strings of slime splatter their aprons. Nearby, others slice tentacles and pack them into vacuum-sealed bags...
Global Advisory Firms, Energy Institutions Join MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2025
MENAFN
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August 12, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) DAKAR, Senegal, August 12, 2025/APO Group/ -- As West Africa accelerates energy expansion through large-scale infrastructure, oil, gas, mining and renewable energy developments, the role of advisory firms and...
Mauritania signs US$446M sugar project deal to boost local production, cut imports
Food Business Africa Magazine
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August 4, 2025
MAURITANIA – Mauritania’s Ministry of Economy and Finance and Ministry of Agriculture have signed a public-private partnership agreement with a consortium led by Sudanese conglomerate Al Badri to establish a large-scale agro-industrial complex...