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Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) has launched a new international tender for a large-scale solar power project, confirming the North African country’s resolve to become a green-power leader. The project will have a total installed capacity of 400 MW and will include systems based on solar photovoltaic as well as solar thermal power generation […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday urged Algeria to quickly enforce the deportation agreement signed between the two countries so that Algerian migrants denied asylum could return home. According to press reports, Angela Merkel is getting concerned by Algiers’s foot-dragging to execute the deportation of Algerian nationals who have been denied asylum. Media also report that […]
Côte d’Ivoire Presidency Tuesday unveiled the new cabinet said to drag the country to emergence envisaged by President Ouattara who has been vested with a new mandate. The new cabinet is made of 36 secretaries including nine women compared to 5 in Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan’s previous team. Four new women are making their […]
The outlawed Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist movement in Mauritania (IRA) indicated security forces arrested 7 of its militants following a protest demanding the release of leaders of the organization locked up for two years in prison. The organization has condemned what it calls violation and breach by authorities of the right to […]
Riyadh has re-appointed its former envoy to Morocco Abdelaziz Khouja as the new Saudi ambassador to the North African country, a move described by analysts as meant to consolidate further Saudi-Moroccan alliance amid Saudi-Iranian diplomatic turmoil. Abdelaziz Khouja known as an expert of Morocco has been confirmed by Riyadh last Monday, January 11, as the […]
Hordes of IS militants in Libya fearing western attacks are marching towards Morocco’s eastern region, reports say. Moroccan daily “Assabah “Tuesday quoting a report by the US State Department argues that a group of IS militants have started decamping from Libya and have set sail in direction of Morocco’s eastern region. The US State Department’s […]
Tunisian Tourism authorities have announced injection of around 24 billion euros in 2016 to boost the tourism industry which has been seriously hit by two major terrorist attacks leading to an acute slump in the number of international arrivals, reports say. Abdellatif Hmam, Head of the Tunisian Tourism Authority made the announcement on Saturday during […]
A bomb blast rocked Tuesday morning the Turkish largest city of Istanbul killing at least 10 people and wounding 15 at the city’s historic square of Sultanahmet, early reports say. The blast was confirmed by the Istanbul government official website. According to reports, the blast occurred at around 10:15 local time near Obelisk of Theodosius […]
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu Monday threw Ankara’s support behind the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) in a meeting with Faiez Serraj, Libya’s unity government Prime Minister-designate, reports say. Prime Minister Davutoğlu according to Turkish reports relayed by Libya’s “Libya Herald” is very concerned by Libya’s unity and security and deems that the GNA […]
The congress held by Nidaa Touness on Sunday, the first since the party was established in 2012, confirmed that the party is falling apart as more MPs resigned from the party which lost its majority to Ennahda. Party members claimed that 42 members of the political bureau also resigned to protest the increasing dominance of […]