A loyalist of Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has suggested to the country’s leader, as part of his endeavors to unite the North African country and stamp out racism, to wed his daughter to Biram Dah Ould Abeid, the leader of an anti-slavery initiative. Mohamed El Mokhtar Ould Hmein Amar, mayor of Aoujeft, a […]
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Africa has 310 GW renewable energy potential
The African continent’s renewable energies potential is estimated at 310 Giga-Watts (GW), an expert from the African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Tuesday in Dakar, Senegal. Hatem Fellah, Principal Agronomist at the AfDB made the statement during the opening of a sub-regional exchange meeting on domestic and renewable energies in the Sahel region. The meeting […]
Powering rural communities: Uganda secures $200 million from China
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) of Uganda has invited sealed bids for construction and completion of the 11kV/33kV lines and associated low voltage networks for grid intensification in the East African nation. The development comes after Parliament okayed government to borrow $200 million from the Exim Bank of China to finance the power distribution project […]
Venezuela eager to restore diplomatic relations with Morocco
The Venezuelan government, led by interim President Juan Guaido, will endeavor to restore diplomatic relations with Morocco, which were suspended under the regime of Nicolas Maduro, said Monday in Caracas Manuel Avendano, Foreign Affairs Consultant to the Venezuelan National Assembly (Parliament), the only body controlled by the opposition. “We want to restore our relations with […]
Morocco Improves Standing in 2019 Index of Economic Freedom
Morocco has improved its standing in the 2019 Index of Economic Freedom, issued by the Washington-based Heritage Foundation. Index of Economic Freedom measures economic freedom of 186 countries based on trade freedom, business freedom, investment freedom, and property rights. Morocco’s economic freedom score is 62.9, making its economy the 75th freest in the 2019 Index, […]
Morocco gears up for 12th All-African Games
Morocco’s Sports Minister Monday held a meeting with scores of African sports federations Presidents to discuss preparations for the 12th All-African Games to take place later this year in the North African country. Rachid Talbi Alami met in capital Rabat with the heads of federations who visited the kingdom to witness progress in buildup to […]
Egypt to promote natural gas-fuelled cars
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on Monday held a meeting with the Ministers of Trade and Industry, as well as the authorities of the state-owned oil company to discuss ways to fuel cars with natural gas in the North African nation. According to the Prime minister, it is important to use the available resources in […]
Uganda, Tanzania set new deadline for oil pipeline agreement
The governments of Tanzania and Uganda have committed to conclude discussions and sign the contentious Host Government Agreement (HGA) as well as reach Final Investment Decision (FID) for the crude oil export pipeline by June. The execution of the 1,445km stretch of underground crude oil pipeline from Hoima in Uganda to Tanga in Tanzania will […]
Football: Rabat to host Morocco-Argentina friendly on March 26
Morocco will play a friendly match on March 26 against Argentina in the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in the Moroccan capital, Rabat. Argentina-led by its super-star Lionel Messi will lock horns with the Atlas Lions of Morocco on March 26 as part of Morocco’s preparation for the African Cup of Nations, to take in place […]
Oil and Gas: African countries to raise $2 billion for energy projects
Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Ibe Kachikwu on Monday disclosed that Nigeria will mobilize other oil and gas producers in Africa on the platform of the African Petroleum Producers Organization to raise up to $2 billion to finance energy projects across the continent. According to Kachikwu, member countries of APPO were already looking […]









