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Mauritania, EU ink €10.5-m grant deal

The European Union has provided Mauritania with a €10.5 million grant as the European bloc expressed keenness to support the North African country in many areas including the fight against illegal migration. Mauritanian Justice Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ben Abdoullah Ben Baya who also doubles as the country’s interim Foreign Minister signed the deal with Vice-President […]

Algerian president returns empty handed from Egypt

At first it was described as a working visit, but when Algeria’s President Abdelmedjid Tebboune landed in Cairo to meet his counterpart General Sisi, the trip was described as a private and friendship visit, from which he actually returned empty handed. Algerian commentators said the visit was without an invitation and was at the request […]

Morocco best African energy transition performer-World Economic Forum

Morocco topped African and MENA region countries in the 2020 energy transition index published by the World Economic Forum. Morocco was ranked among the countries in the world that made a huge leap forward to promote energy transition thanks to “an increased level of political commitment and better access to capital and investment” in addition […]