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Electric Cars, Dirty Origins: Volkswagen’s Supply Chain Tied to African Conflict Minerals

As Volkswagen accelerates toward a greener, electric future, a growing body of evidence reveals a darker reality behind the company’s clean-energy ambitions. A new investigation by DW and De Groene Amsterdammer has found that several smelters connected to the conflict minerals trade in Africa are part of Volkswagen’s sprawling global supply chain. The minerals in […]

Nigeria’s NNPC, Norway’s Golar ink MoU to build floating LNG plant

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd, Africa’s biggest oil producer, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Norwegian company to build a floating LNG plant in the West African country to boost its domestic supplies and exports. Nigeria’s state oil giant has inked the MoU with Golar Liquefied Natural Gas Energy (GLNG) […]

EIB Extends €70 Millon Loan to Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez

The European Investment Bank has granted a loan of €70 million to the Fez-based Euromed University for the construction and the equipment of a campus. An agreement was signed by officials from the Bank and the University last week to bolster the finances of the Euro-Mediterranean Institute, whose honorary Chairman is King Mohammed VI. Over […]