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Mauritania advances offshore data availability

Agreement for seismic data signed

Tuesday, July 23, 2024 0 1358

MAURITANIA: Mauritania has signed an agreement that will significantly expand the onshore and offshore data available to enhance exploration opportunities.

Tuesday, July 23, 2024 0 1810

Benin and Sierra Leone deposited their instruments of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on Friday last week bringing the total number of African countries to have signed to 15.

Addressing constraints in regional MCCs

GHANA: An interdepartmental meeting held last week in Nigeria aimed to address constraints and challenges experienced by Economic Community of...

Transnet gets billion-dollar loan to aid recovery

SOUTH AFRICA: The African Development Bank Group has approved a ZAR 18.85 billion ($1 billion) corporate loan to Transnet for its recovery and...

Ban on bait carrying drone upheld

SOUTH AFRICA: The new Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has called the ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal to uphold the ban...

Collaborating to improve maritime security in East Africa

Regional maritime security issues were discussed at the end of June when leaders from Madagascar, Mauritius and Tanzania met with the Combined...

Improving data collection in African ports to boost efficiencies

COTE D’IVOIRE: An initiative to create an African Ports Connectivity Portal, funded by the Beijing-based Multilateral Co-operation Centre...

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