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South Africa eyes more energy purchase from Congo’s Inga III dam

South Africa plans to double the amount of energy it will buy from the Inga III dam, under construction in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bloomberg reported. South Africa committed to purchase 2,500 megawatts from the dam, known as Inga III, in a 2013 treaty between the two countries. South African Energy Minister Jeff Radebe […]

Africa Climate Change Resilience: Morocco’s King Leadership Hailed in Addis Ababa

The leadership of King Mohammed VI in building collective action to mitigate the impact of climate change in Africa has been highly commended at a meeting hosted Thursday in Addis Ababa by Morocco on occasion the 42nd session of the Executive Council of the African Union. Chaired by foreign minister Nasser Bourita, the gathering was […]

Algeria’s Import Restrictions Doomed to Backfire

The slump in oil prices prompted the Algerian government to seek temporary measures to reduce the trade deficit. The most notorious among these were import restrictions that affected more than 800 products. Algeria’s protectionism has so far backfired producing counter-productive results in a country that failed to diversify its economy away from utter dependence on […]