The World Bank Group has approved a $200m fund to implement the Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project (ROGEP) in West Africa and Sahel region. The fund includes $150 million in the form of credit and grant from the International Development Association (IDA) and $74.7 million contingent recovery grant from the Clean Technology Fund. ROGEP primarily seeks […]
Libya’s Supreme Judicial Council has announced on March 11 a decision to grant pardon to individuals convicted of certain crimes, on the condition that they have served at least half of their sentence. However, this pardon does not extend to those convicted of terrorism, murder, drug-related offences, or armed robbery. The decision is aimed at […]
Algeria is stuck in a logic of permanent conflict and its diplomacy suffers from a “schizophrenic pathology”, said Morocco’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, about the North African country’s obsession with the Sahara issue. Responding before the 4th Committee of the UN General Assembly to the attacks of his Algerian counterpart, Amar […]
