Mo Ibrahim

South Africa: a new 100 MW solar park to provide electricity to 179,000 homes

French multinational electric utility company, ENGIE has started commercial operations for a 100 MW Kathu Solar Park in South Africa. The Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), one of the largest renewable energy projects in South Africa, was completed on 30 January 2019, local media reported. The Kathu Solar Park CSP plant is equipped with a four-and-a-half-hour […]

Niger junta frees 50 senior officials of deposed gov’t, ex-president remains in detention

Niger’s military junta, which took power in a coup in July 2023, has released around 50 individuals, including former government ministers and soldiers linked to past coup attempts, following recommendations from a national conference in February. Those freed include high-profile figures such as former oil minister Mahamane Sani Issoufou, ex-defense minister Kalla Moutari, and former […]

Algeria: Protesters Call for Independent Kabylie State

Thousands of protesters staged protests in the main cities of the restive region Kabylie region demanding independence from Algeria. At a time the marches were staged across the Muslim world lately to denounce Trump’s Jerusalem declaration, disenchanted youth in the Kabylie mountains, east of Algiers, vented their anger at their government’s decades-long marginalization in the […]