Morocco edition, siel_2020

Algeria seeks to have schools run on renewable energy

Algerian Minister of Interior, Local Authorities and National Planning Noureddine Bedoui on Wednesday said, the government is planning to equip all primary schools in the North African nation with renewable energy in the next three years. Mr. Bedoui made the statement when inaugurating a school powered by solar energy in the province of Relizane, about […]

Burkina Faso: search underway for 50 women abducted by jihadists in restive Sahel region

Security forces are searching for at least 50 women that were abducted by suspected Islamist extremists in Burkina Faso’s insurgency-hit northern Sahel region, a regional governor said Monday, January 16. The women were kidnapped on January 12-13 while in the countryside gathering wild fruit near the town of Arbinda in Soum province, Lt. Col. P.F. […]

Constitutional Crisis Looms in Democratic Republic of Congo as Opposition Unites

A new political alliance named ‘National Awakening’ has emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo to oppose potential constitutional amendments that critics fear could extend President Felix Tshisekedi’s tenure indefinitely. The coalition, comprising political and civil society leaders, plans its inaugural gathering in December to commemorate the 2005 referendum that established the current constitution. Opposition […]