Algeria, member of the OPEC Cartel and a major oil & gas producer in the region, has raised regional and international concerns when it announced plans to build a nuclear power plant at a time social tensions are growing at home amid a political and economic crisis. The Algerian nuclear project was discussed lately with […]
Morocco’s port authority is going green. It seeks to set up five photovoltaic solar plants in the ports of Casablanca, Agadir, Jorf lasfar, Laayoune, and Boujdour. The solar plants would power the ports to reduce the carbon footprint, as part of a larger national plan that would increase the share of renewables in the electricity […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has called on U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to expedite the appointment of a new U.N. envoy for the Sahara in replacement of Horst Köhler, who stepped down on May 19, 2019 for “health reasons”. The call was made during the virtual meeting held Monday by the U.S. […]
