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Spotlight | Algeria
Italy's ENI quietly boards Saharan mega-farms project

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Rachid Hachichi (bottom left), then CEO of Sonatrach, and Claudio Descalzi sign an MoU with Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Giorgia Meloni in attendance, in Rome on 23 July 2025.
Rachid Hachichi (bottom left), then CEO of Sonatrach, and Claudio Descalzi sign an MoU with Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Giorgia Meloni in attendance, in Rome on 23 July 2025. © Fabio Frustaci/EPA/MaxPPP
Rachid Hachichi (bottom left), then CEO of Sonatrach, and Claudio Descalzi sign an MoU with Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Giorgia Meloni in attendance, in Rome on 23 July 2025.
Rachid Hachichi (bottom left), then CEO of Sonatrach, and Claudio Descalzi sign an MoU with Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Giorgia Meloni in attendance, in Rome on 23 July 2025. © Fabio Frustaci/EPA/MaxPPP

The Italian major is behind the ambitious programme to develop 36,000 hectares of farmland in southern Algeria. The move is significant as Rome's dependence on Algerian gas continues to grow.

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