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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has voiced hope that “all Member States” support the United Nations’ efforts aimed at reaching a final solution to the Sahara issue. “We hope that all Member States support the UN’s effort”, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General, Stéphane Dujarric, said Tuesday in his daily press briefing in New York. […]
Morocco and Madagascar agreed on Tuesday to bolster their cooperation in education, scientific research, gender equality, urban planning, housing, decentralization, training, health… These agreements were inked during the first meeting of the two countries’ joint committee convened in Marrakech under the co-chairmanship of minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita and his Malagasy peer, Andriantsitohaina Franck […]
The African Development Bank and KfW Development Bank this week said they will be partnering to accelerate implementation of recommendations contained in the 2018 Electricity Regulators Index (ERI) report for Côte d’Ivoire’s energy sector. This partnership arrangement between the two institutions was announced during a technical workshop with key stakeholders from the West African nation’s […]
Schneider Electric has unveiled its Kenya-made ‘Villaya Emergency’, a containerized mobile solar microgrid solution designed to be easy to use in any humanitarian emergency. The kit manufactured in Kenya is a system that generates at least 10-kilowatt peak electricity enough to power a village, health center or individual / group areas in refugee camps. The […]
South Africa’s Minerals Council on Tuesday warned that electricity price increases by state-owned power utility Eskom will lead to over 90,000 job losses in South Africa’s gold and platinum mining industries over the next three years. Earlier this year, South Africa’s National Energy Regulator said that Eskom could hike tariffs by 9.41 percent in 2019, […]
African ministers of finance, planning and economic development underscored in Marrakech the need for diversifying public revenue with a view to promoting public investments in the social and economic areas. This came in the closing statement of the 52nd Session of the Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and […]
Thirty-seven countries from across Africa, two-third of the African Union members, expressed support for the UN process to settle the regional dispute over the Sahara. At a meeting in Marrakech, the participating countries stressed the need for backing the UN process and refraining from pushing the African Union into stands that block efforts towards a […]
Benin supports a political resolution to the Sahara issue and the exclusive role of the United Nations as a consensual framework seeking to reach a final settlement to this regional conflict. In a joint statement issued following the 6th meeting of the High Morocco-Benin Cooperation Committee convened Monday in Marrakech under the co-chairmanship of foreign […]
Morocco believes in the potential for increased trade on the African continent and co-development in various sectors, said Monday evening in Marrakech, Moroccan Minister of Economy and Finance, Mohamed Benchaaboun. “We have already conducted major operations with several African countries in the areas of services, including financial services (banking and insurance), as well as telecommunications […]
South Sudan’s Minister of Petroleum, Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth on Monday visited Qatar to boost ties between the two nations. In a meeting with the Acting CEO of Qatar National Bank (QNB) in Doha, Abdallah Mubarak Al-Khalifa, Minister Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth reaffirmed his commitment to strengthening bilateral ties. QNB was the first Middle Eastern bank to […]