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Moroccan sound designer Sara Kaddouri Saturday received the Cairo Film Society Award for her contribution to “Poisonous Roses” movie, a distinction adding on to many she already collected. The Saturday recognition shed a spotlight on the 28-year old woman’s role in Fawzi Saleh’s movie. “I am grateful to all people who believed in me,” Sara […]
Africa and the Middle East installed 962 MW of new onshore wind capacity in 2018, up by more than 300 MW from a year earlier, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said Monday. The three countries that led the growth were Egypt with 380 MW, Kenya with 310 MW and Morocco with 120 MW. The […]
The family of Ahmed Khalil, from the Souaada tribe, and hundreds of Sahrawis gathered Wednesday, February 6, in front of the UN representation in Rabouni, which also hosts the headquarters of the Polisario secretariat, to claim the truth about the fate of Ahmed Khalil, who went missing ten years ago in mysterious conditions in Algiers. […]
A court in Tunis Saturday sentenced to life in prison seven people among 44 defendants suspected in separated terror attacks that killed 60 people in 2015. Charges included premeditated murder, threatening national security and belonging to an extremist-linked group. Three people received life sentences for participating in the first attack in March 2015 at Tunis […]
Egypt’s President Fattah al-Sisi Sunday officially replaced his Rwandan counterpart as chair of the African Union (AU) headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The summit of the pan-African bloc gave Egypt the Pan-African organization’s top seat, for the first time since 2002. The rotating chairmanship moves every year between the four regions of the organization. The […]
The 80 MW-capacity facility is planned to serve three countries, namely Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. It should be completed in 2020, the authorities of the three countries affirm. “We want to assure the public that the deadline will be respected,” said Claver Gatete, Rwandan Minister of Energy. Once completed, the infrastructure will provide each country […]
South African state power utility Eskom said on Monday that it would implement controlled power cuts for a second day in a row because of a shortage of generating capacity in the southern African nation. The state power utility said it would cut 2,000 megawatts from the national grid from 07:00 GMT, likely until 20:00 […]
Croatia supports the “serious” and “credible” efforts undertaken by Morocco to find a political solution to the Sahara issue, Croatia’s vice prime minister and foreign minister Marija Pejcinovic Buric said. Croatia has the same position as the EU on the Sahara issue, she told press following talks in Rabat with foreign minister Nasser Bourita. She […]
The ruling FLN party has ended suspense by naming President Bouteflika as its candidate for a fifth term in April 18 elections. The move comes after parties in the government coalition voiced support for a fifth term of the 81-year old president who has not spoken in public since suffering a stroke in 2013 that […]
Morocco has recalled its ambassador to Saudi Arabia for consultations in protest seemingly over a documentary in Saudi channel Al Arabiya showing support for the separatist thesis in the Sahara, le360 reported. The well-informed news website quoted Morocco’s ambassador to Riyadh Mustafa Mansouri confirming news relayed by the AP news agency which quoted an anonymous […]