Algeria – water scarcity in Algiers

Tunisian court hands six-year prison sentence in absentia to former First Lady

The Tunis Court of First Instance condemned former First Lady Leila Ben Ali to six years in prison in absentia for traffic of influence, Webdo Tunis reports. The criminal chamber specialized in financial corruption cases accused the wife of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who died in exile in Saudi Arabia in 2019, of using […]

Econet launches Zimbabwe’s largest industrial solar plant

Telecoms giant, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has launched the country’s first industrial solar power plant near the capital city Harare. The solar power plant has 1,435 panels, a generation capacity of 466 KW and is expected to contribute 780 MwH to the national grid per annum according to Power Africa, a subsidiary of Econet. The solar […]

Morocco welcomes adoption by UNGA of resolution backing admission of State of Palestine as full member of United Nations

Morocco on Friday welcomed the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of a resolution supporting the admission of the State of Palestine as a full-fledged member of the United Nations. Through this resolution, the UN General Assembly confers additional rights to the State of Palestine within various bodies of theworld organization, Morocco’s Permanent Mission […]