Omar-Hilale

What Future for the North Africa-to-Europe Power Super-Grid?

With the EU aiming to increasingly meet its energy needs from renewable sources – 30 per cent by 2020 and almost 100 per cent by 2050 – a great portion of this renewable power will have to come particularly from large-scale photovoltaic (PV) installations in sunny regions of the North Africa. But since the Maghreb […]

Sahara: De Mistura informs UN Chief on his consultations ahead of Security Council meeting

UN Sahara envoy Staffan De Mistura met on Thursday at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. According to the UN Department of Political & Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), Mr. de Mistura reported to the UN Chief on the informal consultations he held this week with all parties […]

Algeria steps up repression against Hirak activists amid COVID-19 lockdown (EuroMed Rights)

The EuroMed Rights NGO has condemned the use by the Algerian authorities of the COVID-19 lockdown as a pretext to continue their crackdown against pro-democracy protesters and Hirak leaders. In its latest newsletter, the EuroMed Rights watchdog said as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Algeria was increasing early March, the civil society organizations […]