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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 […]

Maroc Telecom donates $150 million to anti-coronavirus fund

Morocco’s leading telecom operator said it will donate its first quarter profit amounting to 1.5 billion dirhams (150 million US dollars) to the special fund created to mitigate the social and economic consequences of Covid-19. The government has pledged 10 billion dirhams to the fund which included a fine of 3.3 billion dirhams that Maroc […]

Morocco invests $9.36 billion on clean energy in a decade, ranks second in Africa

Morocco ranked second in Africa for renewable energy investments, totaling $9.36 billion from 2010 to 2021, according to findings collected by international research group Zero Carbon Analytics. South Africa leads the continent with $23 billion spent in the same period. In wind energy, Morocco ranks second in installed capacity at 22%, following South Africa, while […]