Washingtone-Bourita & Pompeo Feb 6 2019

Morocco: Royal speech institutes a new social contract – Mustapha Merizek

King Mohammed VI addressed a speech to the members of Parliament, on Friday October 9, at the opening of the first session of the fifth legislative year. As was expected, the king’s speech reaffirmed the right to health and explicitly called to continue supporting health protection and safety of citizens, to face the unprecedented global […]

COVID-19: Reopening of Tunisian-Libyan borders after over a month-long closure

Borders between Tunisia and Libya are to reopen this Friday Sept.17 after more than one month closure because of COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening decision came after the Tunisian and Libyan committees of security and health reviewed the situation and after ministerial delegations from the two countries agreed at a meeting in Djerba on security and […]

Ghana: New biofuel technology to connect villages with off-grid electricity

In Ghana, researchers are testing a system that will turn cocoa into biofuels to benefit African farming communities currently with little or no access to grid power. The project funded by the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom will be tested in Ghana, one of the world’s largest producers of cocoa. The new green […]