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Climate Change Adaptation: Morocco’s OCP gets $18 Mln loan from Canada–AfDB for desalination projects

The Canada–African Development Bank Climate Fund (CACF) provides Moroccan OCP group a $18 million concessional loan to support the construction of three seawater desalination plants. In a press release issued Tuesday, CACF said the funding is destined to advance Morocco’s climate adaptation efforts as the projects will enable the North African Kingdom to produce and […]

Ghana’s president: Europe should compensate Africa for slave trade

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged European nations to pay reparations to Africa for damage wrought by the historic slave trade. Speaking at the recent Reparations and Racial Healing Summit in Accra, Ghana’s leader said compensation for the trauma of the trans-Atlantic slave trade is long overdue and compared Africa’s lack of reparations to the […]

Guinea Supreme Court Confirms Doumbouya as President After Dec. 28 Poll

Guinea’s Supreme Court on Sunday evening confirmed the final results of the Dec. 28 presidential election, declaring transitional leader Mamady Doumbouya the winner with 86.72 per cent of the vote and formally proclaiming him president for a seven-year term. Supreme Court First President Fodé Bangoura announced the decision at a press briefing, citing constitutional provisions. […]