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UK start-up Xlinks has chosen Canadian engineering consulting firm WSP to provide technical advisory services for the tendering process for four HVDC converter stations and ancillary works for the Morocco-UK Power Project. WSP will support the procurement process for converter stations in the UK and Morocco, UK grid connection works, connection to the generation assets […]
Several dozen people gathered in Ouagadougou on last Saturday to protest against France’s presence in Burkina Faso, calling for a major mobilization on 12 August. The rally took place in front of the memorial erected in memory of Thomas Sankara, the “progressive” former Burkinabe president assassinated in a 1987 coup d’état instigated by Blaise Compaoré, […]
The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) signed Sunday a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Poland to organize the operational framework for air transport between the two countries, Zawya reports. The agreement includes opening of the skies between the two countries and draft bilateral agreement on air transport services. Part of its strategy for […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced Friday a €19.2million investment in a certified green bond issue of €95 million by Moroccan national railway company, ONCF. The investment will serve to refinance debt used to build an electrified high-speed rail line in the country. The EBRD is the only international investor in the […]
Morocco and the United Kingdom are building thriving partnerships, including in trade, green finance and education, said the British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs for South and Central Asia, North Africa, the UN and the Commonwealth, Lord Tariq Ahmad. “Our kingdoms are working together to deliver a shared vision of economies that are […]
Italy’s top diplomat Luigi Di Maio has reiterated the need to appoint a new UN Special Envoy for Libya, which he deemed to be a “decisive step”, Libya Update reports. Di Maio sounded the alarm in a testimony before the chamber of deputies arguing that “the appointment of a strong UN envoy allows for firm […]
An Iraqi court has overturned the conviction and 15-year sentence handed to a British pensioner last month for antiquities smuggling, the defense of the pensioner has said, Arab News reports. Lawyer Thaer Saoud told AFP Tuesday the Court of Cassation overturned the conviction of his client James Fitton who is expected to be freed. “We […]
Global food crisis is one of Russia’s “weapons of war“, said French President Emmanuel Macron during a visit to Cameroon on Tuesday (26 July), dismissing suggestions Western sanctions were to blame. It’s Macron’s first foreign trip since his re-election as he seeks to reset France’s post-colonial relationship with the continent. The French leader specifically denounced […]
When Algeria halted its biggest gas pipeline with Spain in late 2021, decision-makers in Madrid knew that Algiers’ reliability as an energy supplier was called into question. In a series of self-defeating measures, Algeria has announced a technical problem in the small Medgaz pipeline, effectively halting all exports to Spain and further pushing the country […]
Following a visit to Egypt and the Republic of Congo, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has now (26 July) arrived in Uganda as Moscow aims at strengthening its ties with the continent. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has a long history of balancing strong relations with Western allies and good ties with Moscow. Lavrov has earlier […]