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Algeria will aim to hold on to gas market share

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ALGERIA

Sonatrach is preparing to renegotiate most of its long-term contracts to supply natural gas by pipeline and as liquefied natural gas (LNG), as their expiry dates approach in 2019…

Algeria-Morocco pipeline closure could add to tensions

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ALGERIA/MOROCCO

The pipeline transit agreement is set to expire at the end of October. It comes as tensions between Morocco and Algeria have escalated, with the latter cutting diplomatic ties…

Algeria could be forced into external borrowing

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ALGERIA

The collapse of world market prices of oil and natural gas since early March will have a severe impact on the finances of the Algerian government, which relies on hydrocarbons…

Morocco aims to grow its diplomatic clout

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MOROCCO

Moroccan foreign policy.

Politicisation to hinder reform at Algeria's Sonatrach

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ALGERIA

This included a five-year suspended sentence for the company's former CEO, Mohamed Meziane. Sonatrach's leadership has been undermined by a series of local and international…

Prospects for fossil fuels to end-2016

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PROSPECTS H2 2016

Prospects for fossil fuels to end-2016.

Trade deficit looms over Algerian dinar depreciation

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ALGERIA

Plunging oil and gas revenue have created a dauntingly large budget deficit and the rapid erosion of foreign exchange reserves. To deal with the situation, the government on July…

Rabat’s maritime sector will help geopolitical aims

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MOROCCO

Existing conditions facilitate this: the country's open economy is highly dependent on foreign trade, it enjoys access to Mediterranean and Atlantic routes and ongoing…

Morocco will press on with its outreach to the Sahel

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MOROCCO

During that meeting, discussions focused on a Moroccan proposal to grant these landlocked countries access to the Atlantic Ocean. The proposal hints at a transactional…

Algeria will pursue stronger ties in the Sahel

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ALGERIA

In February, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced that Algeria is planning free trade zones with Niger and Mali, despite increasingly volatile ties with the latter. That same…