US agency offers Sierra Loan $430 mln grant to boost electricity access

The Millennium Challenge Corporation, a U.S. state development fund, offered a grant of $430 million to help Sierra Leone generalize electricity access. The grant would back efforts to give electricity access to some 4.6 million people in the country where 30% of the population lacks electricity. Electricity access is a major issue in Sub-Saharan Africa, […]

Portugal explores Morocco power link after Iberian blackout

Three months after a massive power outage plunged the Iberian Peninsula into darkness, Portugal unveiled Monday a €400 million plan to reinforce its electrical grid—and floated the possibility of connecting to Morocco’s power network. Environment Minister Maria da Graça Carvalho announced 31 measures designed to prevent future blackouts, reassuring citizens that not all costs would […]

Morocco’s FM highlights significance of strengthened ties with France

Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita highlighted the depth of relations with France which came following Paris unequivocal support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. In an interview with Le Point, Bourita said the visit by Macron to Morocco on October 28-30 marked “the beginning of a new chapter in Moroccan-French relations under the leadership of […]