The African Development Bank (AfDB) last week approved a $1.5 million emergency relief grant to assist nine countries in the East and Horn of Africa on the control of swarms of desert locusts that are threatening livelihoods and food security. The nine beneficiary countries are Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda and […]
Morocco and the European Union signed, on Monday in Brussels, the administrative arrangement for the implementation of the scientific and technological cooperation agreement laying down the conditions and modalities for the Kingdom’s participation in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean area (PRIMA). Morocco became a participating state in the Partnership for Research […]
Tunisian authorities have awarded an oil exploration permit to Ukraine’s YNG Exploration Limited. The permit authorizes the Ukrainian firm to begin explorations in the 988 KM² Araifa site in Tatounie, southern Tunisia. The firm will conduct seismic exploration and proceed to the drilling of two test wells over a five-year period at an estimated cost […]
