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Norwegian Scatec to build 5 gigawatts wind power plant in Egypt

Norwegian renewable power producer Scatec ASA will build a 5 gigawatts wind power plant in the Egyptian city of Sohag, near the Nile, following a $5 billion deal signed with the Egyptian ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy. In line with the deal, the two sides signed Wednesday an agreement for Egypt’s New and Renewable […]

Horst Köhler Briefs UN Security Council, Morocco Scores Points

The Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Moroccan Sahara, Horst Köhler, briefed on Wednesday the UN Security Council on his second tour in the Maghreb region that led him to Algeria, Mauritania and Morocco from June 23 to July 1. While in Morocco, after the talks he held in Rabat on June […]

South Sudan: UNICEF secures $5 million to support children, families

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Monday that it had secured 5 million dollars to support resilience and humanitarian programs for children and families in South Sudan. The funding will target critical interventions in education, child protection, nutrition, and water, sanitation, and hygiene. Noala Skinner, UNICEF’s representative in South Sudan, said the support […]