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Sahara: International Fishing Tourism Federation set up in Dakhla

The first International Federation of Fishing Tourism has been established lately in the Moroccan Saharan city of Dakhla in the presence of professional sport-fishermen, and national and foreign tourism operators. Representatives of several countries including Spain, Italy, Turkey, Greece, Tunisia and Mauritania took part in the Constitutive Assembly of this new entity which elected the […]

AfDB loans Tunisia about €82 million for wastewater re-use in agriculture, climate resilience

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group, has approved a loan of €81.9 million to Tunisia to implement the Treated Wastewater Quality Improvement Project for Climate Resilience Building (PAQEE-RCC). The approval, the bank said on December 13, came at a meeting in Abidjan on 6 December. PAQEE-RCC will improve the treatment of […]

Niger coup augurs ill for France

Sahel’s latest coup in Niger marks the demise of French influence in the Sahel where anti-French and anti-Western influence has been on the surge following two similar takeovers in Mali and Burkina Faso. Energy Niger’s coup in particular triggered fears in France over the supply of uranium. Paris, whose electricity is 75% dependent on uranium, […]