Algeria has decided to abandon German Desertec project, one of the world largest solar energy initiative to generate energy from the Sahara desert. “The Desertec project is outdated. Let’s forget it,” Energy Minister Abdelmadjid Attar told state-run radio chaine 1. The Energy Minister argued that the €400 billion project proposed to the gas-rich country is […]
Chad intensifies military operations across the Lake Chad Basin as regional cooperation falters in the fight against insurgency. Defense forces report significant victories against militant groups, claiming the elimination of approximately one hundred fighters following a devastating October attack that claimed forty soldiers. Provincial authorities assert complete clearance of militant presence from Chadian territory, highlighting […]
Zimbabwe joined gold miners from Indonesia to Peru last year by ratifying the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury, an international treaty adopted in 2013, that seeks to phase out the toxic metal to protect human health and the environment. Inhaling fumes or regular contact with mercury during gold mining can each have devastating effects […]
