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Members of the European parliament rejected the money in return for migration curbs signed between the European commission and President Kais Saied. The deal includes nearly $1 billion in aid, loans and investments to help Tunisia stem the flow of migrants and comes at a context of outcry at Tunisian authorities’ brutal treatment of migrants. […]
Influent members of the French political class urged Macron to recognize the Sahara as part of Morocco, following similar moves by the US and Israel. While France has supported Morocco’s autonomy initiative, the administration of President Macron has yet to make its stand clear on the matter amid a global momentum in favor of Morocco’s […]
UK Oblin group, which builds and operates hybrid utility scale solar, wind, hydro, biomass, waste to energy power stations, will carry out a major green hydrogen project in the Moroccan Saharan Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region. This zero-carbon project was disclosed following a visit paid lately by a delegation of investors, led by Oblin’s CEO, Brannan Tempest, […]
Burkina Faso has introduced new taxes including levies on telephone services in a bid to raise funds to be used in the fight against terrorism, the West African country’s news agency (AIB) announced. Aboubakar Nacanabo, the Minister of Economy announced the taxes on telephone services, re-subscription of private cable television channels and sale of land […]
The United States will provide an additional $380 million in humanitarian assistance for Africa, top diplomat Antony Blinken announced Thursday. “With this funding, the United States has provided more than $4 billion in humanitarian assistance this fiscal year to respond to the needs of refugees, internally displaced persons, and people affected by conflict and crisis […]
Saudi Arabia will give Tunisia $500 million as a soft loan and a grant to help improve its public finances with the national budget suffering a $2-billion deficit, the Saudi state-run news Agency SPA reports. Tunisia is facing an acute economic crisis compounded by the pandemic coupled with a tense domestic political crisis. The North […]
Morocco has called, on Thursday in Addis Ababa, before the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) for a coherent and viable regional response to counter terrorism and violent extremism in the Sahel. “A coherent and viable regional response is needed to counter terrorism and violent extremism in the Sahel. In this […]
Energy stakeholders from across Africa who convened at a recent meeting in Benin’s capital, Cotonou, managed to made significant strides in the establishment of the African Single Electricity Market (AfSEM) and the development of the Continental Power Systems Master Plan (CMP), paving the way for major developments to come in the energy sector. The importance […]
In a surprising turnaround, South Africa’s presidency announced on Wednesday that, in the end, Russian President Vladimir Putin will not personally attend the BRICS summit in South Africa in August. In March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Putin for alleged war crimes involving accusations that Russia has forcibly taken Ukrainian […]
The planet’s record-breaking hot weather has caused severe drought in many places around the world and African nations risk extreme heat if climate targets are missed, with Uganda, South Sudan, and Congo being among the most vulnerable to soaring temperatures, a recent Oxford study has warned. According to the report, eight of the 10 countries […]