natural disasters

Morocco’s tourist arrivals drop 78% in first nine months this year

Morocco’s tourism is counting the losses due to the coronavirus pandemic with the number of tourist arrivals plummeting by 78% to 2.2 million in the first nine months of this year. Tourism receipts, key to Morocco’s foreign exchange reserves, shrank 60% to 24.3 billion dirhams, the tourism minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui told MPs. The summer […]

Burkina Faso inks deal with Russia to build nuclear power plant to solve energy deficit

The Burkina Faso military government has signed an agreement with the Russian government for the construction of a nuclear power plant in the West African country, in a move that aims to “cover the energy needs of the population,” less than a quarter of which had access to electricity by late 2020, according to the […]

UN chief highlights Algeria’s role in Sahara conflict, omits referendum

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres reaffirmed in his report Algeria’s role in the Sahara conflict and reiterates call for a political, realistic, lasting and mutually acceptable solution to the regional dispute. The call de facto omits the referendum option by stressing the mutually acceptable requirement of the desired solution which the UN has called for […]