Morocco’s Samir refinery has accepted a state offer to rent its storage platforms to secure the country’s oil needs.

BP announced that Hesham Mekawi, the Regional Presiden for North Africa, has decided to step down from his position and retire as of the end of 2020.

Al Manar Group's factory in the 6th of October City has reached a production capacity of about 5,500 tons a year.

The House of Representatives Legislative Committee has ratified a number of agreements in different fields, among these agreements, was the the Egyptian-Saudi nuclear energy agreement that was inked in Early-April 2016.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised its 2016 growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa after a rebound in oil prices.

Italian Economic Development Minister Federica Guidi is in a business mission in North Africa where a series of institutional meetings are planned.

The gasoline Med/NWE spread -- the differential between the FOB Med gasoline cargo assessment and the FOB Northwest European Eurobob gasoline barges -- reached a five-week high Monday as North African demand helped strengthen Mediterranean gasoline while the NWE physical weakened on the back of marginal arbitrage opportunities.

Thousands of Algerians demonstrated Saturday against plans to drill for shale gas in the south of the country.

Libya’s OPEC Governor Samir Kamal was kidnapped last week in the militia-held capital of Tripoli, two officials familiar with the matter said Tuesday, as turmoil continues to ravage the north African country almost four years after the collapse of its central government.