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Tunisia: unconfirmed results make Ennahdha winner of legislatives

Moderate Islamist party Ennahdha has won Sunday legislative elections according to exit polls. Polling firm, Sigma Conseil projects the party to garner 17.5 percent of Sunday’s vote, translating into 40 seats in the 217-member parliament. The polling agency places Heart of Tunisia party, a newly political movement of detained run-off candidate Nabil Karoui, second with […]

Intra-African solidarity, Morocco matches words with action

Since King Mohammed VI ascended the Throne, Morocco has been showing Africa the way for south-south cooperation and win-win intra-African partnerships by taking initiatives on the ground matching its Africa policy discourse. The recent such initiative was the helping hand extended by Moroccan state-owned phosphates and fertilizers company OCP which offered African countries 550,000 tons […]

World’s longest subsea cable will connect Morocco to UK grid

UK-based Xlinks company is planning to build 10.5 GW of wind and solar complex in Morocco and sell the generated power in the UK through a 3,800 km submarine cable, the longest subsea power transmission link in the world. The ambitious project, to cost about £18 billion, has been unveiled by the company’s CEO, Simon […]