Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has signed an agreement to provide geothermal drilling services to state-run Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP). According to EEP CEO, Dr. Abraham Belay, Ethiopia had tried to venture into geothermal development as far back as 1981 but was yet to make a commercial breakthrough. The country has some geothermal drilling rigs […]
The Biden Administration and the United Nations have reiterated their strong support to the political process seeking a lasting solution to the Sahara regional conflict. The supportive stand was voiced by U.S. top diplomat Anthony Blinken and UN envoy for the Sahara Staffan de Mistura during a meeting held Thursday in Washington. “Secretary Blinken emphasized […]
Amnesty International has called on Algerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all arbitrarily detained journalists targeted for exercising their right to freedom of expression, including Abdelwakil Blamm, Hassan Bouras and Christophe Gleizes. The call came ahead of the 14 May trial of Abdelwakil Blamm on bogus terrorism charges. The Rights Watchdog has also denounced […]
