The Senegalese capital of Dakar will stage for two days from October 17 the 12th Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Standing Committee on Information and Cultural Affairs, known as COMIAC. The meeting will address activity reports of the OIC General Secretariat and OIC institutions in the fields of information, Culture, dialogue of civilizations, tourism, and youth. The session will adopt recommendations and resolutions to strengthen cooperation and solidarity among OIC Member States in these areas, the organization said. COMIAC, one of the OIC Permanent Committees, is responsible for supervising and evaluating programs and projects related to information, culture, dialogue among civilizations, tourism and youth. The West African country has been chairing the standing Committee for several years now.

The core of the program is a three-week experience in the United States. Initially, the TechGirls program focused on countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The core of the TechGirls program is a 24-day experience in the United States. Then, TechGirls travel to a city around the USA (Austin, Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Detroit, or Seattle) for community immersion and STEM career exploration. Preference will be given to those who have limited or no prior experience in the United States.

In the heart of one of the globe’s most active cities, Hong Kong, the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) currently faces significant challenges. Threatened habitatWithin the bustling confines of Hong Kong, the Eurasian otter, a species dependent on lowland wetlands, faces major threats. Focus of the studyThe study delves deep into 131 years of data, offering an unprecedented view of the otter’s historical distribution in Hong Kong. According to the experts, between 1890 and 2020, there has been a worrisome reduction in the Eurasian otter’s presence in Hong Kong. These records, from the 1900s through 2019, underscore this region’s importance for otter conservation in Hong Kong.

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Citizens of Morocco interested in travelling to Italy will be eligible to apply for a visa in the new visa services office that will start operating in February 2024 in the North African country’s capital. An agreement of the visa services office in Rabat was signed by the Embassy of Italy in Rabat, Morocco, as well as VFS Global, on February 16, 2023. Through the Italian Embassy in Rabat, Italian and international citizens in Morocco can benefit from various consular services. Schengen Visa Statistics figures revealed that last year, a total of 423,201 Schengen visa applications were submitted by Moroccans, while the Schengen visa rejection rate also surged. While the overall rejection rate for Schengen visa applications last year was 17.9 per cent, Morocco alone accounted for a rejection rate of 29.7 per cent, thus making this country among the top countries with the highest Schengen visa rejection rates.

Tens of thousands of Moroccans took to the streets of Rabat over the weekend in support of the Palestinians amid the Gaza war. It was the biggest demonstration in the North African kingdom since it normalised ties with Israel in 2020 in a US-sponsored deal. "This march firmly expresses our support for the people of Palestine and their courageous resistance,” said Moroccan activist Abderrahim Chikhi. She added that they were also demanding of the Moroccan state “that no relations should be established with the Zionist state". The Polisario Front, which campaigns for Western Sahara’s independence with the support of Algeria, demands a referendum on self-determination.

The release last week of Cheng Lei, an Australian journalist who had been detained by Beijing for more than three years, has highlighted a noticeable thaw in relations between China and Australia since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese took office in May. That it comes ahead of an anticipated visit by Albanese to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping suggests both sides have agreed to put the acrimony of recent years behind them. But while the Albanese government has changed the tone of relations with China, the substance of its policy—on China, but also more generally—has largely represented continuity with that of its predecessors. In fact, nowhere has that continuity been more evident than with respect to what is perhaps the defining foreign policy and national security question for Australia: how to manage the impact of a powerful and assertive China on both Australian and regional security. This is based on the not unreasonable conclusion that U.S. hegemony has provided Australia with an extraordinarily amenable regional status quo.

The world’s first off-road solar car has completed a 1,000km test drive from northern Morocco to the Sahara. Student team Solar Team Eindhoven from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) developed and built the Stella Terra, which has a top speed of 145kph. In Morocco, the solar car traveled through dry riverbeds, forest area, along steep mountain trails and through the loose desert sand. The solar energy to power Stella Terra is collected from solar panels on the roof. Hydrogen truck helping car get to world solar challenge race on timeOff-road, the range averages about 550 kilometres, depending on the surface.

The organisers and advisory board of Enlit Africa 2024 invite you to submit a proposal to share your experience and expertise with colleagues in the power and energy sector. Deadline: Submission process closes: 25 November 2023Sharing your experience will benefit others in the industry, while allowing you to make a valuable contribution to the sector. Our goal is for people to experience educational, informative, inspirational, and thought-provoking professional development with a specific focus on practical application. As for the proposed audience for your white paper presentation, attendees of Enlit Africa include government officials, regulators, municipalities, utilities, C&I facilities, large power users, EPCs, installers, associations, solution providers, Manufacturers & OEMs, project developers and IPPs. Important dates for call for submission of papers for Enlit AfricSubmission process closes: 25 November 2023Notification of acceptance/rejection: 15 December 2023Submission of speaker information: 15 January 2024 – 15 April 2024Conference presentation submission: 1 May 2024 – 25 May 2024Join us for Enlit Africa at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town, South Africa from 28 – 30 May 2024, and explore the global energy transition through an African lens.

The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is planning to provide $325 million for four Egyptian banks before the end of 2023, Head of Financial Institutions for Egypt at EBRD Hashem Abd El Hakim told Asharq Business. The banks are the National Bank of Egypt (NBE), the Commercial International Bank (CIB), Banque du Caire, and the Export Development Bank of Egypt (EBank). The funds will be dedicated to the green and small- and medium-sized projects. The NBE will secure $100 million of the total funding to back small- and medium-sized projects, while EBank will obtain $25 million to re-lend its customers, Abd El Hakim highlighted. A sum of $50 million will be directed to Banque du Caire to finance small- and medium-sized projects, and the CIB will receive $150 as an assistance loan to finance green and small- and medium-sized projects, he added.

On this special interview segment on Africanews, analyst Niagalé Bagayoko breaks down the stakes of an Africanization of counterterrorism efforts. The Sahel region accounted for more deaths from terrorism in 2022 than South Asia and the (MENA) Middle East and North Africa regions combined, the latest Global terrorism Index reported. Frenchs troops in Niger have started leaving the country that is one of the founding members of the G5 Sahel alliance. Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have signed a new charter, the Alliance of the Sahel States that is clearly appears as an alternative project to the G5 Sahel. You’ve just mentioned the AES, the Alliance of the Sahel States that includes Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.

Last year, the 27-year-old designer launched Kibera Fashion Week and the second edition was staged on Saturday in the heart of the sprawling slum. The eldest of four children raised by a single mother in Kibera, Avido had never thought about pursuing a career in fashion. His creations were also featured during Berlin Fashion Week in 2019. I could grow, leave, be part of the Paris Fashion Week. But I'd rather have a fashion week here and inspire people here," he said.

ConocoPhillips has started production from the Tommeliten A field, located in the Greater Ekofisk Area in the North Sea, offshore Norway. Natural gas from the new ConocoPhillips-operated field is being produced and delivered nearly six months earlier than planned, ConocoPhillips said Friday. The Tommeliten A Unit licensees are PGNiG Upstream Norway AS, ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS, TotalEnergies EP Norge AS, Vår Energi ASA, ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Holdings Limited, TotalEnergies E&P UK Limited, and ENI UK Limited. Two pilot holes have been drilled during the field development, which have allowed for one additional production well. As such, this gas development has low greenhouse gas emissions and high value and job creation, while also providing energy security on our journey to net-zero,” Våge added.

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Construction on a R1 billion solar energy project set to supply electricity to the Tharisa mine in South Africa’s North West province, is scheduled to begin next year. The project in Rustenburg is set to generate up to 40MW of photovoltaic power to supply electricity to the Tharisa Minerals platinum group metals and chrome mine. The Buffelspoort Solar Energy project was initiated within the context of the current energy challenges and loadshedding, said the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition. Mine helps to build substation in North West Provincefor improved municipal infrastructureChariot Chief Executive Officer, Benoit Garrivier, said the construction of the solar energy facility is set to start in the second quarter of 2024. “As an Africa-focused developer and an independent power producer, Chariot’s core mandate is to develop, finance and operate renewable projects in Africa to sell renewable energy to private off-takers.