PSG honors Turkish Medipol Basaksehir assistant manager Pierre Webo for standing against racism

French top tier soccer power house Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) Wednesday honored the assistant manager of the Turkish club Medipol Basaksehir after he was victim of alleged racism during Tuesday suspended European Champions League, UCL, clash between the two sides in Paris. PSG Chairman, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, in a video post by the Turkish club, handed Pierre […]

World Bank releases $200 million for off-grid energy access in West Africa

The World Bank Group has approved a $200m fund to implement the Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project (ROGEP) in West Africa and Sahel region. The fund includes $150 million in the form of credit and grant from the International Development Association (IDA) and $74.7 million contingent recovery grant from the Clean Technology Fund. ROGEP primarily seeks […]

Tindouf Camps boiling, anger against Polisario intensifying

Anger continues to build up in the Tindouf camps which are rocked by growing demonstrations making Polisario leaders uncomfortable and responding with more repression and arrests of protesters including women. Demonstrators have set fire to cars belonging to the separatist front, while another group burnt a pharmacy belonging to the son of the so-called interior […]