Morocco Set to Join AU’s Peace & Security Council

Morocco is set to be a major player within the African Union by integrating its supreme decision making body on peace and security issues: the Peace and Security Council (PSC). Morocco’s ambition to be member of the most important body within the African Union was expressed by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita during talks recently in […]

Sudan: Head of junta will not run in coming elections race

Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhane, who rules Sudan after a coup nearly a year ago, said he will not run in future elections meant to put in place a civilian-led government. “I have no desire to run as a candidate,” General Burhane, 62, said in an interview with The Associated Press on the sidelines of the […]

Nairobi diesel power plant to be converted to gas-fired generators

The Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE)-listed AEP Energy will convert the two diesel-fired Nairobi power plants it’s acquiring from Iberafrica to gas-fired generators whose electricity is cleaner and cheaper, the company said.   The South African giant is buying out Spanish company Naturgy Energy Group, which held 100 per cent shareholding in the Iberafrica diesel plants […]