King Mohammed VI of Morocco & President Buhari of Nigeria

Mauritanian President Denies any Foreign Involvement in his shooting

Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz who was wounded on October 13 in a shooting that was officially reported as “accidental” has confirmed earlier this week this initial version of the incident and flatly denied any foreign involvement in the shooting. The Mauritanian strongman, who had been hospitalized in Paris after the gunshot wound he sustained, […]

Chad’s renewable energy revolution is well underway

The government of Chad, which currently supplies just 4% of its population with electricity, continues to explore off-grid solutions to power its 14 million population. After it signed an agreement with Dubai energy company Amea Power to build a 120 MW solar farm earlier this year, the sub-Saharan nation has inked another MoU with FinLux […]

D-8 meeting: Nigeria, Egypt and other developing nations seek to deal with currency, energy and food crises

More cooperation was needed among developing nations to overcome dwindling foreign currency reserves, a growing energy crisis and supply chain disruptions, according to business leaders and officials from eight developing nations meeting in Bangladesh. Representatives from Egypt, Nigeria, Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan and Bangladesh under the banner of D-8, or developing eight countries, were discussing […]