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Morocco to Launch World’s Largest Solar-powered Water Desalination Plant

Morocco prepares for the launch of the world’s largest water desalination plant powered by solar power in the Souss-Massa region for a total cost of 2 billion dirhams. A public-private partnership was signed Thursday to set up the plant by the National electricity and water utility (ONEE) and the ministry of agriculture, fisheries, rural development, […]

Mali: Former Islamic Police Chief receives decade-long sentence for war crimes

The International Criminal Court has issued a 10-year prison sentence to Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud for war crimes committed during his leadership of Timbuktu’s Islamic police. The 47-year-old defendant was found guilty of orchestrating torture and overseeing brutal punishments during the 2012 occupation by the Ansar Dine group. While convicted of […]

Historic UN ‘oceans treaty’ set to have major benefits for Africa’s struggling fishers

The new legally binding “high seas treaty” to protect marine life in international waters, which cover around half of the planet’s surface, but have long been essentially lawless, will positively affect struggling fishers in Africa and the Global South, according to experts involved in the decade-long negotiations. Conservationists welcomed an agreement over the weekend on […]