CAF-Morocco: CAF meeting to move AFCON to summer
As part of the highly expected decisions to be made during Rabat gathering of the African Football Governing body CAF, the continent’s flagship football competition; […]
Articles by Khalid Al Mouahidi
Press Freedom: RSF Calls on Algeria to Free Journalist Saïd Chitour
Reporters without Borders (RSF) has called for the release of Saïd Chitour, an Algerian freelance journalist who has been held arbitrarily ever since the intelligence […]
Algeria eyeing renewable energy, Minister Guitouni
Algeria’s energy minister Mustapha Guitouni stated that they have to “use technology at the optimum level to get better returns” of their oil and gas […]
Senegal: Thousands welcome ex-President Wade
Thousands of people filled the streets of Dakar to welcome former Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade, who returned to lead his party into legislative elections in […]
Ethiopia: Call for probe on protests crackdown
Thirty-eight Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on Monday, called on the European Union to take action on the protest crackdown reported in three states […]
Shell to invest $1bln a year in renewables energy as of 2020
The world’s second largest publicly-traded oil company, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, plans to increase its investment in renewable energy to $1 billion a year by […]
Tourism now contributes to about 8.5% to Africa’s GDP
African governments should make it easier and safer for Africans to travel within the continent and improve the tourism sector as it accounts for 14% […]
Ghana’s first satellite, GhanaSat 1, enters Orbit
Ghana has successfully launched its first satellite developed by local students into the space. GhanaSat 1 was designed by students in Ghana led by Benjamin […]
Electricity: Cameroon and Deutsche Bank ink FCFA 30 billion deal
Cameroon has signed three credit agreements valued at FCFA 30.18 billion to boost electricity transmission networks in the country’s capital, Yaoundé, local media reported. The […]
Egypt: parliament Okays creation of independent electoral commission
The Egyptian parliament on Tuesday passed a law creating the National Electoral Commission that will be responsible for all elections by 2024 in the North […]