Independent power producer Diaz Wind Power, a subsidiary of United Africa Group (UAG), has secured the land for a 44MW wind farm at Lüderitz in Namibia’s south-western Karas region. A land lease agreement was signed with the Ministry of...
France’s Neoen announced on 19 December that it had reached financial close on its 41MWp Metoro solar PV project. Portugal’s Efacec has started to build the plant, which will be the second utility-scale solar project supplying Mozambique’s...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is seeking expressions of interest from consultants by 24 January for an environmental and social impact assessment of a proposed 300MW pumped storage power plant in El Menzel, northern...
A group of eight countries led by Saudi Arabia have signed a founding charter for the Council of Arab and African Coastal States of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, cementing an initiative that was launched in late 2018. The other founding...
Head of state security General Abdelaziz Bin Mohammed Al-Howairini faces another challenging year at the helm of the Presidency of Public Security (PPS). Having been rehabilitated by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS), Al-Howairini has the...
Saudi Arabia is to host the Gulf Co-operation Council’s Unified Military Command Headquarters, in the latest sign that, despite their differences, GCC members are taking some steps to develop greater security co-operation. Foreign affairs...
As if to confirm the view of market bears that shares in Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) would fall prey to geopolitical pressures, the shares dropped by more than 10% from their peak on news of the US assassination of General Qassem Soleimani...
King Salman Bin Abdelaziz on 8 January received the credentials of another eight new ambassadors to Saudi Arabia, representing Costa Rica, Chile, Kosovo, Hungary, Montenegro, Tanzania, Mauritania and Mauritius. Officials attending the ceremong...
Amid renewed tensions between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia, and with diminishing prospects for peace, the Houthi authorities may see new opportunities to extract more economic and military aid from their ally Iran following the killing of IRGC...
Federal Vice President, prime minister and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MBR) chaired the first meeting of the Dubai Council on 7 January, the latest initiative to revamp his emirate’s governance and boost its tepid economy....
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