Morocco’s Masen picks six consortiums in pre-qualifications to build 400 MW solar plant

Morocco’s agency for sustainable energy unveiled a list of six consortiums pre-qualified to build the second phase of Midlet solar plant for a total capacity of 400 megawatts. Morocco’s Nareva, an offshoot of Al Mada investment fund, is in the same consortium led by Belgium’s International Power in the project known as Noor Midelt II. […]

Algeria’s Elections Deliver Status Quo on Low Voter Turnout

It came as no surprise that the outcome of Algeria’s legislative elections maintained the political status quo and registered one of the lowest turnouts in the history of ballots in the country, not exceeding 38%, according to the Interior Ministry. The rate shows the magnitude of young voter apathy in a context overshadowed by an […]

International media lambast Algeria for grim rights record

Few days after Le Monde, the New York Times and the Economist wrote about Algeria’s grave human rights violations, Newslook- a US based outlet- drew another portrait of a state ruled by a ruthless regime that has turned the country into a “giant prison”.   “Algeria is a police state, freedom of expression is under […]