Algeria, Niger, Nigeria ink deal to build trans-Saharan gas pipeline

STORY: Algeria, Niger, Nigeria ink deal to build trans-Saharan gas pipeline DATELINE: July 29, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:23 LOCATION: Algiers CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the meeting 2 various of signing of the MoU 3 SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMED ARKAB, Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines STORYLINE: Algeria, Niger and Nigeria signed on Thursday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of a gas pipeline across the Sahara Desert that will supply Europe with additional gas, said the Algerian energy minister. The signing ceremony was held in Algiers, capital of Algeria, in the presence of the energy ministers of the three African countries, and came in the wake of a trilateral meeting on the Trans-Saharan Gas-Pipeline (TSGP). SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMED ARKAB, Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines "This meeting is key in the process of the construction of the strategic gas pipeline project among Nigeria, Niger and Algeria. Today's meeting follows two previous meetings respect