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Moroccan Khadija Bendam was appointed as president of the International Nuclear Society Council (INSC) during its General Assembly held in Vienna as part of the 69th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). With this election, Bendam becomes the first woman to hold this prestigious position within the INSC, marking a historic milestone […]
Moroccan OCP Group, the world’s largest producer of phosphate-based fertilizers, has partnered with U.S. Peregrine Hydrogen Inc, a climate technology company, to co-produce clean hydrogen with sulfuric acid with an advanced electrolyzer technology. Under an agreement inked by the two parties, OCP pledges to fund deployment of Peregrine novel hydrogen technology and purchase the products […]
Morocco has been selected among 13 beneficiary countries from a new green financial program worth $634 million provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Under this program, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Mongolia, North Macedonia, Serbia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will benefit from […]
Morocco has pledged to share its expertise in nuclear applications with African member countries of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Nuclear technology has numerous applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and consumer products. It uses radioisotopes and radiation in cancer treatment, food irradiation, sterilization, material modification, and environmental monitoring. In full cooperation with IAEA, Morocco […]
Ethiopia is set to break ground on a mega nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced Tuesday (9 September), unveiling a sweeping $30 billion infrastructure agenda aimed at transforming the country’s energy, transport, and industrial sectors. Speaking at the inauguration of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) — Africa’s largest hydropower project — Ahmed […]
On the evening of September 7, 2025, Algerian football witnessed one of its most surreal moments during a Ligue 1 match between Paradou AC and USM Alger, which has become a symbol of infrastructure failure and improvisation. In the second half of the derby, a sudden power outage plunged the stadium into darkness. But the […]
Libya’s Acting Minister of Oil and Gas, Khalifa Abdelsadiq, has called for stronger international partnerships to enhance energy security, stressing that effective policies are essential for stabilising markets and advancing the global energy transition. Speaking at the Gastech 2025 Conference in Milan, he emphasised the strategic role of natural gas in diversifying the energy mix […]
Ways of accelerating Moroccan-Mauritanian cooperation in electricity and renewable energies were at the center of talks held Monday in Nouakchott between Moroccan minister of Energy Transition Leila Benali and Mauritanian Minister of Energy Mohamed Ould Khaled. The talks, held on the sideline of 7th Mauritanian Energy & Mining Conference & Exhibition (Mauritanides), were an opportunity […]
Morocco is testing floating solar panels on a major reservoir near Tangier to reduce water evaporation and generate green energy, to power the nearby Tanger Med port complex while tackling the impact of the kingdom’s worst drought in decades, local media reported. The pilot project, launched in late 2024, aims to reduce water loss from […]
Zambia is grappling with the aftermath of one of its worst environmental disasters, as outrage mounts over a massive toxic spill from a Chinese-owned copper mine that polluted the Kafue River and devastated communities. The February incident occurred when a dam at Sino-Metals Leach Zambia, a subsidiary of China’s state-owned China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group, […]