1. Sudan’s Bashir ousted

    ...rocities committed in Darfur. This is hardly the change that the Sudanese protesters have been clamoring for. Mr Bashir was also the last president to govern a united Sudan, after the south, along with the majority of the country’s oil production, became independent in 2011. Sudan produces around 95...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 15
    Published at Fri, 12 Apr 2019
  2. Tunisia Fuel Hikes Increase Pressure On Government

    ...rch). Economic malaise has been the norm  since the 2011 revolution overthrew dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali (MEES, 16 November 2018). In the years since, inflationary pressures have wreaked havoc with peoples’ purchasing power and the unemployment rate at over 15% has barely moved in the last six ye...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 15
    Published at Fri, 12 Apr 2019
  3. Battle For Tripoli Rages On

    ...far, no disruption has been reported. GREATEST THREAT    In a meeting with GNA prime minister Fayez Sarraj, NOC head Mustafa Sanalla said oil and gas exports face their greatest threat since 2011. He also told the Financial Times on 11 April: “Unless the problem is solved very quickly, I am...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 15
    Published at Fri, 12 Apr 2019
  4. UAE’s Mubadala Sells Cepsa Stake To Investor Carlyle

    ...id €3.97bn for the remaining 52.95% in 2011. IPIC was then merged into Mubadala in 2017 (MEES, 24 February 2017). This left Cepsa sitting alongside a host of other energy-focussed Mubadala investments, including its subsidiary Mubadala Petroleum. Holding two wholly-owned energy entities with se...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 15
    Published at Fri, 12 Apr 2019
  5. Egypt ‘Zohrs’ Past Libya As Eni’s Top Gas Producer

    ...e lowest figure since the Revolutionary year of 2011 (MEES, 11 January). Eni has plans to boost its gas production offshore Libya through the development of peripheral fields (MEES, 29 March). But overall Eni expects its Libya output to fall over the coming years (MEES, 13 April 2018) as the fi...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 15
    Published at Fri, 12 Apr 2019