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Morocco’s grape industry faces water crisis despite production gains

Morocco’s eastern grape-growing region has extended its harvest season from two to six months through agricultural innovation, but severe water shortages threaten to undermine gains that have positioned Nador province as a key supplier to domestic and international markets. The expansion from a traditional summer-only harvest to a June-through-December season resulted from introducing new grape […]

Rush for lithium in Africa reveals dark side of green energy, as it fails citizens, fuels corruption

As China has come to dominate global supply chains for critical raw materials (CRM) over the last two decades, the European Union and the United States have played a catch-up in race for the control of the CRM supplies — with African countries being “caught in the cross-fire”. Faced with China’s lithium mining head-start, the […]

Senegal: govt sets new date for delayed presidential vote for 24 March

Senegal’s delayed presidential election will be held on 24 March, the country’s President Macky Sall has announced, following weeks of political turmoil and violent protests calling for an immediate vote. Senegalese voters should finally head to the polls at the end of March, following a string of announcements by the president and government on Wednesday, […]