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Burkina Faso extends emergency measures for another year to fight terror

Burkina Faso announced an extension of the emergency measures for another year as the war against terrorist groups seems yet to be won. The measures include summoning people aged 18 to fight and entailed curbing freedoms and forming local defense groups. Terrorist activity worsened under-development in the poor country and pushed 2 million people out […]

Chad at crossroads: mass opposition arrests show closing political space ahead of referendum

Despite the upcoming referendum in Chad, the opposition in the landlocked Sahelian country still faces arrest, intimidation, and threats even one year from the bloody repression of protest against military rule. Following the death of Chad’s long-time leader Idriss Déby Itno in April 2021, his son, young and at that time three-star general, Mahamat Idriss […]

Morocco to sign first green hydrogen contracts in Q4

Morocco, which has released an offer to investors, expects to sign the first preliminary contracts to produce green hydrogen in the country in the fourth quarter this year. Some 100 investors have expressed interest in Morocco’s green hydrogen potential, said Mohcen Jazouli, minister in charge of investment in an interview with Medias24. Investors will have […]