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  1. apnews.com › article › africa-united-nations-westernUN urges talks on Western Sahara after cease-fire breakdown

    Oct 29, 2021 · Morocco annexed Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony believed to have considerable offshore oil deposits and mineral resources, in 1975, sparking a conflict with the Polisario Front.

  2. www.popularmechanics.com › military › weaponsThe Libyan Desert Is One Big World War II Museum

    Apr 12, 2016 · That's a major reason why the U.S. Military's aircraft boneyard is located in the Arizona desert, and why Libya is home to still-intact war machines of the 1940s. North Africa was a major ...

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  4. www.reuters.com › article › idUSL6N0KN1I1Simmering Saharan conflict stirred by offshore oil search ...

    Jan 13, 2014 · By Lin Noueihed. LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Oil firms stepping up plans to drill off the coast of disputed Western Sahara could be diving into murky legal waters and risk exacerbating one of...

  5. africaoilgasreport.com › 2022 › 04It’s Namibia’s Turn - Africa’s premier report on the oil, gas ...

    Apr 10, 2022 · The well was drilled in 2,900 metres of water to a total depth of 6,296 metres. Wood Mackenzie is reported in various oil industry publications as saying that Venus may hold recoverable oil resources of about 3Billion barrels of oil, which positions it as Sub-Sahara Africa’s largest ever oil discovery.

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  7. wsrw.org › en › archiveWestern Sahara Resource Watch | The oil map is changing in ...

    Jul 31, 2016 · San Leon Energy has had interest in the block since 2008, a block that was partially in occupied Western Sahara and partially on the territory of Morocco proper. From September 2014, San Leon has been operating the block with 75% interest. On the recent map, the entire block is no longer appearing at all. San Leon Energy's own website does not ...

  8. www.cairn-int.info › article-E_HER_142_0183--theThe New Oil-Related Issues in the Sahara | Cairn ...

    Mar 7, 2014 · 1 Oil exploration in the Sahara region has developed dramatically over the past ten years. This is primarily the result of an increase in the oil price on the international market, where the price of crude oil went from US$10 a barrel in 1998 to US$147 by July 11, 2008. It then fell to US$40 in December, 2008, only to recover in 2009 and 2010 ...

  9. www.britannica.com › event › North-Africa-campaignsNorth Africa campaigns | Maps, Battles, Combatants ...

    May 9, 2024 · North Africa campaigns, (1940–43), in World War II, series of battles for control of North Africa. At stake was control of the Suez Canal, a vital lifeline for Britain’s colonial empire, and of the valuable oil reserves of the Middle East. Track the League of Nations' continual failure to check via diplomacy the Axis powers' pre-World War ...