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Libya’s NOC lifts force majeure at eastern ports; exports to resume

  BENGHAZI / Reuters Libya has lifted force majeure at some of its main ports and is resuming exports, the National Oil Corporation said on Thursday. “Exports will resume immediately from Zueitina and Ras Lanuf, and will continue at Brega … exports will resume from Es Sider as soon as possible,” NOC Chairman Mustafa Sanalla said. He said Libya’s U.N.-backed ...

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Cairo to keep pushing for growth with step-up in project activity

  Emirates Business In 2015, Egypt was one of the fastest-growing economies in the Middle East and North Africa region – second only to Morocco – with GDP growth of 4.5 per cent. It is a clear sign that the project-led recovery plan and economic reforms initiated by Cairo are paying dividends. There has been a sharp step-up in project ...

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Duterte killed justice official, hitman tells Philippine senate

  Manila / AFP Rodrigo Duterte shot dead a justice department employee and ordered the murder of opponents, a former death squad member told parliament Thursday, in explosive allegations against the Philippine president. The self-described assassin testified under oath that he and a group of policemen and ex-communist rebels killed about 1,000 people between 1988 and 2013 on Duterte’s orders ...

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