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New cruise terminal of Casablanca port, a world-class infrastructure to elevate the city’s tourism offering

The new cruise terminal of the port of Casablanca, inaugurated Thursday by King Mohammed VI, is an international-standard facility that will elevate the city’s tourism offering and appeal and support the promotion of cruise activity at the port. With investments of around MAD 720 million, this project is part of the restructuring and development program […]

US agency offers Sierra Loan $430 mln grant to boost electricity access

The Millennium Challenge Corporation, a U.S. state development fund, offered a grant of $430 million to help Sierra Leone generalize electricity access. The grant would back efforts to give electricity access to some 4.6 million people in the country where 30% of the population lacks electricity. Electricity access is a major issue in Sub-Saharan Africa, […]

More efforts needed to stabilize South Sudan — UN peace official

Greater efforts are needed to stabilize South Sudan, said the United Nations head of peacekeeping operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, as he wrapped up a visit to the war-torn country that is struggling with the impact of climate change in addition to inter-communal conflicts, all of which have led to a growing need for humanitarian aid. During […]