Head of Moroccan Government Aziz Akhannouch met on Wednesday in New York with U.S. billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg, who is also UN special envoy for climate change. The meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the ongoing 77th UN General Assembly, was attended by Mohcine Jazouli, Minister Delegate for Investment and Ali Seddiki, Director […]
South Sudan has held up UN fuel trucks over a tax dispute, leaving scores facing aid shortages in the country where three quarters of the population risks famine. The trucks were denied entry at a border passage with Uganda until the tax is paid, despite earlier assurances from the South Sudanese government that UN aid […]
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) and the Private Finance Advisory Network (PFAN) have signed a partnership agreement to promote renewable energy within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). According to the Lomé-based financial institution, the objective of the partnership is to encourage private investment in renewable energy production in the […]
