renewable energy

Nouakchott looks Up to China to unlock its economic potential

Mauritania, one of Africa’s poorest countries and newest oil producers, looks forward to developing its economic relations and partnership with China, a major world economic power. Sensing the huge untapped resources of his country, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz headed this week to China to explore the potentials of Mauritanian-Chinese partnership and identify the […]

DRC president vows ‘vigorous’ military response to M23 advance as risk of regional war grows

The Congolese president has vowed to mount a “vigorous, coordinated response” by the army against Rwanda-based M23 rebels who have made a major advance in the mineral-east of the country in recent weeks, taking control of the key city of Goma. In his first public remarks on Wednesday (29 January) since the M23 fighters seized […]

Covax wants to turn to other vaccines to be able to deliver the African continent

The third wave of Covid-19 in Africa has not yet reached its peak of infection, but already, this wave is worse than the previous one according to the WHO, which is worried about the spread of the Delta variant. However, the Covax system, which is supposed to distribute vaccines to poor countries, has been halted. […]