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Rwanda: Dutch company Nots to invest $70m in solar factory

The Rwandan government signed an agreement with Nots under which the Dutch company will invest $70 million in a factory that will manufacture equipment for home solar kit suppliers. According to Rwanda’s Minister of Infrastructure Claver Gatete, there is an arrangement to purchase equipment for at least 100,000 households that will pay for them gradually […]

Morocco Hosts Conference on Arab Inclusive Growth & Job Creation

The city of Marrakech will host next Jan.29-30 an international conference on promoting higher economic growth, job creation, and inclusiveness in the Arab World. Building on the 2014 Amman conference “Building the Future”, which highlighted the need for growth to generate jobs and for its benefits to be shared more widely, the 2018 Marrakech conference […]

Sahara Conflict, a Cold War Relic Threatening Regional Stability

The recent incursions in the UN-monitored buffer zone in the Sahara territory by the Algerian-backed Polisario separatists triggered a firm response from Morocco, which declared that all options are now on the table including a military response. The Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita is not mincing his words. At the UN, he met Antonio Guterres […]