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The United Kingdom has announced new funding to give more people and companies across Africa access to affordable, clean energy. The announcement was made lately by UK’s Minister for Africa, Harriett Baldwin. According to Ms. Harriett Baldwin, the new funding will see £30 million added to the Transforming Energy Access program, taking total UK investment […]
Equatorial Guinea hosts on April 2-5 in Malabo the African Petroleum Producers Organization’s Cape VII Congress and Exhibition, set to bring together the continent’s leading energy ministers, top oil and gas executives as well as international policy leaders. In a press statement, the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) said the event will focus on policy […]
Pope Francis will pay a visit to Morocco on March 30-31 during which he will meet King Mohammed VI, visit many churches and meet migrants. The visit comes at the invitation from King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful. This is the second time a Pope visits the majority-Muslim North African country since 1985. Morocco […]
In Africa, nearly 600 million people, or 48% of the continent’s population, still lack access to electricity, with the majority living in rural areas. The continent will not fully develop if hundreds of millions of its people continue to live without electricity, Economic Commission for Africa’s Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe said Thursday. Songwe who […]
Uganda has joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in order to subject its oil industry to scrutiny and promote accountable management of revenues. Uganda discovered crude reserves more than 10 years ago but production has been repeatedly delayed by disagreements with field operators over taxes and development strategy. According to Uganda’s Minister for Finance, […]
The renewal of the EU-Morocco farm and fisheries agreements will “strengthen further the very important strategic ties binding the two partners”, said, Thursday in Rabat, Elena Valenciano, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee at the European Parliament. “Morocco is a key country for the EU”, affirmed the MEP at a press briefing held after meeting […]
Morocco’s phosphates and fertilizer producer OCP and Spain’s ACS industrial group signed an agreement to build two phosphorus factories for a total cost of 2.7 billion dirhams. The factories will be built in the OCP’s industrial hub of Jorf Lasfar with a production capacity of 5000 tons per day. The two factories will be the […]
Fourteen people will stand before justice in Denmark for apology of terrorism after they shared a video of the murder of two Scandinavian women in Morocco by terrorists acting as lone wolves. Danish student Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, and 28-year-old Norwegian Maren Ueland were found dead at an isolated hiking spot south of Marrakesh on […]
Qatar airways will launch a direct flight linking Doha to Rabat this year as part of an expansion plan in the Mediterranean region, the airlines director general Akbaar Al Baker said. The air route will be operational on May 29 with three flights per week on board a Boeing 787-8, he said. The Qatari airline […]
The former Belgian Prime minister Elio di Rupo has voiced the shared will of his country and Morocco to strengthen their bilateral cooperation and to work with other African countries. This triangular cooperation for a shared prosperity has been discussed with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita, said Elio Di Rupo at a press […]