by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Dec 8, 2025 | Economic, Morocco
Morocco: AfDB Financing Instrument to Drive Sustainability in Heavy Industry Summary: On 3 December 2025, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved a €450 million non-sovereign partial credit guarantee to support Moroccan state-owned mining firm OCP Group’s...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Dec 6, 2025 | Economic, Tunisia
Tunisia: Key Vacancies on Central Bank Board Slowing Policy Decisions Summary: Earlier this month, several Tunisian media outlets, such as Tunisie Telegraph and Alqatiba, reported that the Tunisian Central Bank’s Board of Directors has failed to hold its regular...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Dec 6, 2025 | Economic, Libya
Libya: Plans for First Deepwater Exploration Well Signal Oil and Gas Momentum Summary: On 4 December 2025, Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced that its Exploration and Drilling Departments held a preparatory meeting with representatives from Eni, BP, and...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Dec 6, 2025 | Diplomacy, Economic, Mauritania
Mauritania: AfDB, EIB Announce $275 Million Investment in Iron Ore Transport Summary: On 28 November 2025, Mauritania secured a major boost to its transport and mining logistic sectors with the signing of a 275 million USD joint financing package from the African...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Dec 6, 2025 | Algeria, Diplomacy, Political
Algeria: EU Commission Names SoutH2 Hydrogen Corridor a Priority Energy Initiative Summary: On 1 December 2025, the SoutH2 corridor project, designed to transport Algerian hydrogen to Germany, reached a key milestone as the European Commission listed it among its...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 29, 2025 | Diplomacy, Economic, Mauritania
Mauritania: Agreement Expands Power Plant Collaboration with Finnish Firm Summary: On 27 November 2025, Wärtsilä, a Finnish energy technology company, signed an expanded Guaranteed Asset Performance (GAP) agreement with Société Mauritanienne d’Électricité (SOMELEC)...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 29, 2025 | Economic, Tunisia
Tunisia: Multiple Solar Projects Announced as Green Energy Race Continues Summary: On 27 November 2025, Secretary of State for Energy Transition Wael Chouchane announced the imminent launch of major photovoltaic projects, including a 100 MW site in Kairouan, a 50 MW...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 29, 2025 | Economic, Libya
Libya: New Report Shows Haftar Forces Deepening Ties with Sudanese Forces Summary: On 27 November, the Italian magazine Focus on Africa published an open-source intelligence (OSINT) report indicating Haftar-aligned forces may be using Kufra Airport in southern Libya...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 29, 2025 | Algeria, Diplomacy, Political
Algeria: Numerous Agreements Signed with Egypt in Effort to Expand Cooperation Summary: On 26 November 2025, Algeria and Egypt signed 18 agreements, memorandums, and cooperation programs across multiple sectors at the conclusion of the ninth session of the...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 29, 2025 | Economic, Morocco
Morocco: Polysilicon Production Set to Strengthen Position in Solar Industry Summary: On 22 November 2025, an agreement was signed between the Moroccan government and Morocco-based solar company GPM Holding SA to build the country’s first polysilicon plant in the...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 22, 2025 | Algeria, Diplomacy, Political
Algeria: Oil and Gas Deal with Vietnam Marks Expanding Bilateral Ties Summary: On 19 November 2025, Algeria’s Sonatrach and Vietnam’s PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation Ltd. (PVEP) signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation across the...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 22, 2025 | Economic, Tunisia
Tunisia: Week of Protests Highlights Points of Public Frustration Summary: On 19 November 2025, the Tunisian Young Doctors Organization staged a nationwide strike and rallied outside the Assembly of the Representatives of the People, in a continuation of the groups...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 22, 2025 | Economic, Morocco
Morocco: Rabat Signs Agricultural Development Deal with Japan’s Development Agency Summary: On 14 November 2025, Morocco and Japan signed an exchange of notes in Rabat for a Japanese loan of 64.577 billion yen (approximately 484 million USD) to finance the...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 22, 2025 | Economic, Libya
Libya: Tripoli’s Effort to Unify Authority Structures Rejected by East Summary: On 20 November 2025, the Presidential Council, the High Council of State, and the Government of National Unity announced the creation of the “Supreme Authority of the...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 22, 2025 | Diplomacy, Economic, Mauritania
Mauritania: Danish Developer Expands Green Ammonia Development Partnership Summary: On 12 November 2025, GreenGo Energy A/S, a Danish renewable energy developer, and Hamburg-based S.E.T. Select Energy GmbH and its affiliate, Select New Energies GmbH, announced a...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 15, 2025 | Economic, Morocco
Morocco: $1 Billion Terminal Expansion Planned for Casablanca Summary: In November 2025, Morocco’s National Airports Office, or ONDA, announced an international tender for the construction of a new passenger terminal at Casablanca’s Mohammed V...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 15, 2025 | Economic, Libya
Libya: Italy’s Next Geosolutions Secures Additional Oil Services Contract Summary: On 11 November 2025, Next Geosolutions, an Italian offshore services firm, secured a $9.8 million contract with Saipem to support offshore survey and installation activities for the...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 15, 2025 | Economic, Tunisia
Tunisia: $430 Million World Bank Loan to Modernize Energy Infrastructure Summary: On 11 November 2025, Tunisia and the World Bank concluded a $430 million financing agreement to support the Tunisia Energy Reliability, Efficiency, and Governance Improvement (TEREG)...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 15, 2025 | Algeria, Diplomacy, Political
Algeria: Algiers Attends Meetings on North Africa – Europe Hydrogen Corridor Summary: On 11 November 2025, European energy ministers and economic officials met in Vienna to reiterate their commitment to advancing the South H2 Corridor, the major green hydrogen route...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 15, 2025 | Diplomacy, Economic, Mauritania
Mauritania: Jihadist Blockades in Mali Intensify Refugee Crisis Summary: On 13 October 2025, multiple media outlets reported that the Malian town of Léré, near Timbuktu, had been placed under a strict blockade by Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), the...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 9, 2025 | Diplomacy, Economic, Mauritania
Mauritania: Green Energy Projects Discussed with France, Italy Summary: On 1 November 2025, Mauritania signed a €39 million financing agreement with France to hybridize ten power plants in interior regions. The financing agreement was signed by Abdallahi Ould...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 6, 2025 | Economic, Tunisia
Tunisia: Sbikha Solar Project Targets Launch of Operations Within Weeks Summary: On 5 November 2025, Tunisian media outlet La Presse reported that the Sbikha photovoltaic solar plant in Kairouan is expected to begin operations by the end of November 2025. Developed by...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 5, 2025 | Economic, Libya
Libya: Ghadames Basin Discovery Continues Recent O&G Momentum Summary: On 4 November 2025, Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced a new oil and gas discovery in the western Ghadames Basin, marking a positive development for the country’s re-emerging...
by Dispatch Content | Nov 4, 2025 | Algeria, Diplomacy, Political
Algeria: Algiers Guarded as France Debates Renegotiation of 1968 Agreement Summary: On 4 November 2025, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu reaffirmed his government’s opposition to abolishing the 1968 Franco-Algerian Agreement, expressing instead the desire to...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 4, 2025 | Economic, Morocco
Morocco: Agreement Set to Centralize Coordination on Renewable Energy Summary: On 3 November 2025, the Moroccan government signed a strategic agreement with the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE), the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy...
