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Souss Region Farmers Contribute to Building of World’s Biggest Water Desalination Plant

Local farmers in the Souss region are financially contributing to the building of the world’s biggest water desalination plant whose water will help irrigate the plains of Chtouka. The farmers are contributing €1000 (10,000 dh) per each hectare in an unprecedented success story of the public-private partnership in Morocco, local media reported. The contributions will […]

Ethiopia: over 250 arrested over foiled coup

In Ethiopia, nearly 250 people have been arrested in Addis Ababa and the main city of Amhara region since a coup attempt was foiled, state TV reported on Thursday. The state-run Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation did not give any more details on who was arrested or when. But a political party based in the northern region […]

G5 Sahel Summiteers Call for More International Support to Counter Terror Threat

Leaders of the G5 Sahel summit, convened Sunday in Niamey, called for enhanced cooperation among member countries of the G5 Sahel group and urged the international community to support this regional bloc in its war against jihadist networks. The summit, which gathered the leaders of Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Mauritania, was held after […]