Burkina Faso extends emergency measures for another year to fight terror

Burkina Faso announced an extension of the emergency measures for another year as the war against terrorist groups seems yet to be won. The measures include summoning people aged 18 to fight and entailed curbing freedoms and forming local defense groups. Terrorist activity worsened under-development in the poor country and pushed 2 million people out […]

Schneider Electric connects 5HW solar park in Egypt

French industrial group, Schneider Electric has commissioned the first solar power plant in Sharm el Sheikh, a seaside town in the Sinai region of eastern Egypt. Schneider Electric completed the implementation of the first phase of the project at a cost of $5m in the feed-in tariff mechanism, in cooperation with Al Tawakol Electrical Company […]

Morocco’s Court of Auditors Offers Recommendations to Boost Effectiveness of Civil Service

Morocco’s Court of Auditors, led by former PM Driss Jetou, has issued a report drawing a diagnosis of the civil service while offering eleven recommendations to boost its effectiveness. The report was issued after King Mohammed VI gave scathing criticism in the Throne Speech last July of the underperforming civil service drawing a contrast between […]