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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced $12.6 million funding in support for Morocco’s post-earthquake recovery efforts. After the deadly Al Haouz earthquake of Sept.8, Morocco, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, set out an ambitious five-year plan for “integrated reconstruction and general upgrading of the affected regions” that focuses on a […]
The 33rd session of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Regional Conference for Africa will convene in Morocco next Spring. The FAO Regional Conference will be held in two parts: a virtual session for senior officials on March 27-29, which will address the technical aspects of food security and the transformation of agrifood systems in Africa, […]
Tunisia has extended until December 31, 2024 the state of emergency in place since 2015 in the wake of a terrorist attack that killed 13 people most of whom were security forces. A communique published Tuesday January 30 in the official gazette said the measure, which grants security and armed forces sweeping power, has been […]
General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, the Transitional leader of Chad, named Tuesday January 30 members of the election body, l’Agence Nationale de Gestion des Elections, ahead of 2024 presidential elections. A decree signed by the leader appointed 10 people to make up the body. Chadians will head to the polls late this year 2024, following […]
The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has commended Morocco for facilitating capacity-building programs for African election observers. The AU PSC “congratulates the Kingdom of Morocco for having facilitated the capacity-building programs for African election observers and calls for the continuation of this support to the AU Commission”, reads a statement […]
Egypt will extend for additional three months the tax-free car import initiative launched by the country in view of widening the beneficiary base, Arab Finance reports. Finance Minister Mohamed Maait who made the announcement said that the number of beneficiaries has increased by more than three times during the first two months of the initiative’s […]
Japan’s international Cooperation Agency, JICA, has provided Burkina Faso with $1.3 million destined to finance acquisition of equipment to be used in the maintenance of roads in the West African country. Burkina Faso’s top diplomat Karamoko Jean-Marie Traore signed the grant deal with JICA local resident Keiichi Okitsu. Traore said that the agreement will give […]
Morocco’s National Office of Electricity & Drinking Water (ONEE) has partnered with GE Vernova’s Gas Power business and Nareva to decarbonize Laâyoune Power Plant, which is powered by three GE Vernova 6B heavy-duty gas turbines. The project, first of its kind in Africa, will enable the North African Kingdom to generate carbon-free electricity using green […]
The judge of a court in Madagascar has postponed to February 06 the ruling on the fate of two colonels of the Army in detention since November 2023 over their alleged plot to carry out a military coup, several days before the presidential polls of November 16. The two high ranking officers whose identities have […]
The Italian government has excluded the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist group from the Italy-Africa summit, held in Rome, despite the pressure exerted by the Algerian regime which has tried to no avail to buy the support of Rome through discounted gas deals. The Algerian blackmail strategy of weaponizing its gas supplies to get political gains has […]