A Moroccan foundation operating in the prevention and treatment of cancer has donated batches of medicine to Mali, Burkina-Faso, Côte-D’ivoire, Senegal and Gabon destined to children suffering from cancer in these countries. The announcement was made during a ceremony at the Rabat headquarters of the Moroccan foundation, the Lalla Salma Foundation for the Prevention and [...]
The UK issued an official apology and compensation package worth $32 million to Kenyans who suffered torture and abuse during the Mau Mau uprising against British colonial rule in the 1950s. The news was announced on Thursday by the British Foreign Secretary William Hague in London when he told parliament, “The British government recognizes that [...]
The crisis in Mali between the army and the Tuaregs still persists as the country’s army is sending troops to the region of Kidal, north east of the West African country to take over the key rebel city, although the actual number of troops have not been disclosed. Mali is still in a destabilizing situation [...]
The country has launched its first solar plant, the Sheikh Zayed plant, in Nouakchott with a capacity of 15-megawatt in response to its rising energy demands. The plant is built by Masdar, funded by the United Arab Emirates government and will be operated by the Mauritania’s national electricity company, Société Mauritanienne d’Electricité. It’s the largest [...]
Morocco and France have pondered on ways of jointly exploring the huge economic opportunities provided by Africa and agreed to support Moroccan and French companies wishing to operate in the continent. Africa is a “space of economic opportunities” where Moroccan and French companies can invest in joint projects and promote a tripartite cooperation, the two [...]
US oil company Chevron will carry out exploration drillings for oil in Morocco’s offshore under petroleum agreements signed with the Office National Des Hydrocarbures Et Des Mines of the North African country. Chevron Morocco Exploration Ltd will acquire seismic data and conduct field studies on three deep-water blocks known as Cap Rhir Deep, Cap Cantin [...]
A new World Bank-commissioned report has warned that the Earth will incur serious risks by the end of the century if the global community fails to act on climate change and that the Mediterranean, and the MENA regions are among the parts of the world where the largest warming is to be expected. The world [...]
All those expecting that the first lady would tackle issues of development and Africa were kind of disappointed at the end of her speech at the DNC. One would in fact expect that the african-american Michelle Obama, and her half African husband would at least make an allusion at what’s going on in Africa and [...]
An anti-retrovirus medication factory started activity in Mozambique over the weekend. The plant, the first of its kind to be built in Africa, will initially package, store, conduct quality control and distribute the anti-retrovirus medication, mainly nevirapine, produced in Brazil. The facility will start producing the pills by the end of the current year. Initially, [...]
China announced on Wednesday that it would offer Africa new loans worth $20 billion over the next three years to support infrastructure, the manufacturing industry and the development of small businesses in the continent. The announcement was made by President Hu Jintao at the opening of the 5th ministerial meeting of the Forum on China-Africa [...]
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