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France lends €350 mln to Morocco’s OCP to back decarbonization efforts

French development agency (AFD) offered a financing of 350 million euros in support of decarbonization efforts led by Morocco’s phosphates and derivatives giant OCP. A deal was signed between the two institutions on May 12, as OCP seeks more funding for its 13 billion-dollar decarbonization plan. OCP had announced a plan to use100% clean energy […]

Thousands march in Eastern Congo against M23 advance, resource exploitation

Mass protests erupted in Bukavu, South Kivu’s provincial capital, as thousands of citizens rallied against the advancing M23 rebel threat and ongoing illegal mineral exploitation. The demonstration, which drew participants from across the region, highlighted growing public anxiety over deteriorating security conditions and resource management. Demonstrators voiced particular concern about M23’s movement toward South Kivu […]

No peace agreement without military control, PM Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has stressed that reaching a peace agreement with Palestine would be determined by security concerns to ensure Israel’s safety. He told Army Radio that in any peace agreement with the Palestinians, “we will have to maintain military control of all the territory west of the Jordan River.” Netanyahu claimed […]