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Launch of Arab Common Electricity Market

The 15th session of the Arab Ministerial Council for Electricity held in Cairo highlighted by the formal launch of the Arab Common Electricity Market. The event was attended by electricity ministers and representatives from various Arab nations. Assistant Secretary-General for the Economic Sector, Ali Al-Maliki, delivering remarks on behalf of the Arab League, hailed the […]

Egypt: Government Represses Protesters, Dozens Arrested

Egyptian security forces Monday fiercely broke out the protests that were planned to vent frustration against President al-Sisi’s recent decision to surrender two Red Sea strategic islands to Saudi Arabia. Hours before the start of the protest called for by leftists, seculars and Islamists, police forces took positions at strategic locations in the Egyptian capital […]

Pandemic and Ukraine war are pushing Africa’s power companies to the brink

The COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine have been pushing many electric grid utilities in Africa — which have long been strapped for cash — close to financial collapse, whereby this situation is in turn also slowing down the continent’s clean energy transition. Ghana’s electric grid is in dire straits. In the mid-2010s, […]