Tangier Mohammed VI city April 2019

Morocco Hosts UN Regional Counter-Terror Training Session for African Law Enforcement Agents

The UN Office of Counter Terrorism through its Program Office in Rabat for Counter-Terrorism and Training in Africa launched on Monday its 2nd specialized training session on counter-terrorism investigation skills. Twenty-four law enforcement agents from Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal are taking part in the training to last till Sept.23. The training […]

Namibia: Oil discoveries by Shell and Total are likely in billions of barrels

Namibian offshore oil and gas discoveries by the energy giants TotalEnergies and Shell are of commercial quantities, likely in the billions of barrels, the southern African nation’s mines and energy minister Tom Alweendo said. Both companies announced earlier this year that they had made “significant” discoveries offshore Namibia, which could make Namibia, the southern neighbor […]

Energy-deprived Africa has a right to use its natural gas reserves — AfDB chief Adesina

Warning the continent has 600-million people in energy poverty, the right of African countries to use their natural gas reserves should be reflected in any deal at the COP27 climate talks, African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina said, even as some nations push to see use of the fuel curtailed. Agreeing to a deal […]