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Africa: AfDB disburses $500 million for renewable energy

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of $500 million for Africa’s electrification through renewable energy. The Energy Inclusion Facility (EIF) will distribute the loan among major project promoters and off-grid suppliers across the continent. According to the pan-African financial institution, $100 million will go to off-grid providers to enable them expand their […]

Morocco, Mauritania eager to re-activate spirit of fraternity & neighborliness agreement of 1970

Morocco and Mauritania are eager to re-activate the spirit of the agreement of fraternity and neighborliness they signed in 1970. This eagerness was stressed at the talks Moroccan Foreign Minister held Wednesday in Nouakchott with the Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, as well as with the Prime Minister Ismail Bedde Cheikh Sidiya, and […]

U.S. reaffirms its unchanged position on Sahara, reiterates support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan

There is “no change in the clear and consistent U.S. position” regarding the Sahara issue, said Sunday the U.S. State Department, while reiterating Washington’s support for Morocco’s autonomy plan viewed as “serious, credible, and realistic.” In a statement published on the eve of the visit to Morocco of U.S. Assistant Secretary for North Africa Bureau […]