RABAT, Morocco (AA) – The chairman of Morocco’s House of Councillors, the country’s senate, delayed his visit to Israel due to a health emergency, the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) said late on Wednesday. Enaam Mayara’s first-ever visit to Israel was scheduled to start on Thursday upon an invitation by the Knesset Speak...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has sanctioned a high-ranking leader and a regional commander within Sudan’s Rapid Security Forces (RSF). Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo, the senior RSF official, is being sanctioned for the RSF’s “acts of violence and human rights abuses, including the massacre of civilians, ethnic killings, and use ...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – The Ennahda Movement said on Wednesday that Tunisian security forces had detained two of its leading members. The progressive Islamic party stated that Abdel Karim Harouni, a former minister and head of the movement’s Shura Council, was arrested late Tuesday. It also stated that Mondher Ounissi, the party’s vi...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco said Wednesday that it plans to launch a green hydrogen project next year amid a growing global demand for clean energy. Green hydrogen is a sustainable and environmentally friendly form of energy produced through the electrolysis of water using renewable energy sources such as wind or solar power. In a [&he...
– African countries have comparative advantage in renewables such as abundance of solar, wind, and geothermal resources, say analysts KAMPALA, Uganda, (AA) – As the Africa Climate Week kickstarts in Nairobi, Kenya, analysts have said the continent can offer solutions to the global environmental crisis. Katongole Hadija, who teaches...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called Tuesday for measures to slow the birthrate in the Arab world’s most populous country, citing China’s one-child policy as an example. “We need 400,000 births per year,” said the leader of the country of 105 million inhabitants which recorded nearly ...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – AFP Fifty-three members of the security forces have been killed in an attack by suspected militants in northern Burkina Faso, the army said on Tuesday. Seventeen soldiers and 36 civilian volunteers for the army died on Monday while repelling an “attack,” the army general staff said in a statement. ...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Former Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali was released from detention Tuesday after being interrogated for seven hours at the prosecutor’s office. Mukhtar al-Jamai, one of Jebali’s defense lawyers, said his client was questioned about various matters, including appointments made during his term, his p...
PARIS (AA) – France has begun discussions with Niger to withdraw some of its troops from the West African country, said a media report on Tuesday. Negotiation with the military government has started, said the Le Monde report, based on multiple sources. Sources claimed that cooperation between France and Niger in the fight against terror...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pledged a staggering $4.5 billion in investments to boost clean energy projects in Africa. Making the announcement during the inaugural Africa Climate Summit being held in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Tuesday, COP28 President-designate Sultan Al Jaber said: “The initiative will prioriti...
