The Olympics Opening Ceremony kicked off this year’s games on July 26— but this time with a twist. Read More: Everything to Know About the History-Making Paris 2024 Olympics Opening CeremonyWhile viewers were treated to a historic ceremony in certain ways, the order of the parade itself followed closely to tradition. Athletes from Russia and Belarus were barred from participating in the Opening Ceremony because of the war in Ukraine. Here was the order of countries for the 2024 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations:1. France (2024 Olympics host)

Bracewell launches Africa-focused Paris officePublished by: Dippy Singh on 26/07/2024The new operation will target the energy and infrastructure markets in France and French-speaking African... The new operation will target the energy and infrastructure markets in France and French-speaking African jurisdictions. Houston-headquartered law firm Bracewell has poached a team of lawyers from rival Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) to lead its new office in Paris as it boosts its Francophone Africa capabilities. The Paris outfit will cover project development, finance transactions, and mergers and acquisitions in the energy and infrastructure sectors, which are key areas of focus for the firm. In May Bracewell advised Rhino Resources on its agreement with Azule Energy to explore sites in Namibia’s Orange Basin.

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Morocco forecasts economic growth to rise to 4.6% in 2025, based on current assumptions, Economy and Finance Minister, Nadia Fettah, said in Rabat on Thursday. She highlighted the importance of progressively reducing the budget deficit to ensure this sustainability, a major pillar of government action. “Reducing the budget deficit will balance the implementation of reform projects and development initiatives, and strengthen budgetary margins to preserve the resilience of the national economy against potential shocks,” she explained. For the 2025-2027 period, the budget deficit is targeted to be reduced to 3.5% of GDP in 2025, and further to 3% in 2026 and 2027. The budget deficit decreased to 27.5 billion dirhams during the first half of this year, representing approximately 44.3% of the level projected by the finance law.

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Now that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has seemingly all but locked up the Democratic nomination for the 2024 presidential race, one of the biggest questions swirling around Washington and foreign capitals is what a Harris foreign-policy doctrine would look like if she is elected in November. Now that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has seemingly all but locked up the Democratic nomination for the 2024 presidential race, one of the biggest questions swirling around Washington and foreign capitals is what a Harris foreign-policy doctrine would look like if she is elected in November. “As a woman, hopefully we could expect Kamala Harris, if elected, to focus more on supporting Afghan women,” Curtis said. During her speech, Harris spoke of her pride in hosting the first-ever Passover seder at the vice presidential residence. The Biden administration’s broader approach to the southern border offers a window into what a potential Harris strategy would look like.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police arrested 95 Libyan nationals in a raid on a suspected secret military training camp on Friday and authorities said they were investigating whether there were more illegal bases in other parts of the country. “We take what we have found here today very seriously because we don’t know who was training them, what were they being trained for and why that training is happening here in South Africa. Macie said the Libyan nationals had been in the country since at least April. “The 95 individuals taken into custody are all Libyan nationals and are currently being questioned by the relevant authorities,” Mpumalanga acting provincial police commissioner Maj. Gen. Zeph Mkhwanazi said in a statement. “The kind of equipment we found here shows that there was intense military training taking place here.

It could be joined within the next 24 to 30 months by Hamama West, a project located within Aton Resources Inc’s Abu Marawat Concession. Listed on the TSX-V, Aton Resources has been exploring in Egypt since 2007, when it was awarded the Abu Marawat Concession in the country’s Eastern Desert. RELATED:Aton Resources appoints new COODespite the long history of mining in the area, there is still scope for entirely new discoveries as Aton Resources has shown. He joined the board of Aton Resources in 2017 and since 2021 has served as CEO, initially on an interim and now on a permanent basis. Under the terms of the Abu Marawat Concession Agreement (CAAM), Aton is obligated to commence production within four years.

A community in Hammarsdale, KwaZulu-Natal has had hundreds of solar geysers fitted to their homes as part of the municipality’s efforts to roll out clean energy projects in the region. The solar geysers, installed at 700 homes in Woodyglen by the eThekwini Municipality, are expected to reduce electricity costs for residents and reduce energy consumption. Resident Thandazi Xhala, said she was thrilled with the prospect of the cost and energy savings the solar geyser will provide. SA municipalities up supply of solar energy systems to poorer householdsElizabeth Marabwa, DMRE Chief Director of the Programme and Projects Management Office, highlights the importance of solar powerFAQs about solar geysersIs a solar geyser worth it? South Africa: Nearly 1,000 households to benefit from solar geysers

Today, ESPN released a new, multiplatform investigation “How the NBA got into business with an African dictator.” The presentation includes a written piece by ESPN investigative reporter Mark Fainaru-Wada and an accompanying half-hour ESPN Special Report film directed and produced by William Weinbaum. In addition, Fainaru-Wada discussed his reporting on today’s edition of the ESPN Daily Podcast. SYNOPSIS: In the spring of 2021, the NBA launched the Basketball Africa League, its first professional league outside North America. ESPN investigative reporter Mark Fainaru-Wada examined the partnership for more than a year, interviewing NBA executives and coaches, Rwandan officials and opposition figures, U.S. government sources, human-rights experts and investors in the NBA’s Africa business — valued at nearly $1 billion as of 2021. Link to written piece by Mark Fainaru-Wada:https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/40591644/how-nba-got-business-african-dictatorLink to ESPN Special Report film directed and produced by William Weinbaum:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGEB8XxDXgoLink to today’s ESPN Daily Podcast with Mark Fainaru-Wada:https://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive?id=27767948-30-Media contact: [email protected]

Lavanya Anand is senior investment manager at AfricInvest, one of the most established private equity and venture capital investors on the continent. “AfricInvest is a larger investment group that’s actually been around for 30 years, so it’s one of the oldest investors in Africa. Back in 1994, it started off primarily as a private equity firm, initially focused on Tunisia, and then the Maghreb region, and then over time it gradually expanded to all of Africa,” Anand said. So we like to find companies where we can use that network to provide support,” she said. “Then that’s an area where we can now provide support to help them scale up that second and third market,” she said.

The US stand was followed with Spanish support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara under the Kingdom’s sovereignty. Within the past five years, 28 countries opened consulates in the Saharan cities of Dakhla and Laayoune, bringing tangible support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the territory. These include 22 African states, or 40% of the African Union member states. Morocco’s King has also led efforts to ensure Morocco’s return to the African Union in 2017. History shall remember how opponents of Morocco’s territorial integrity, usually failed dictatorships turning in Algeria’s orbit, have used the same council to defend separatism.

Moroccan Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch attended, on Thursday, the summit for Sport and Sustainable Development in Paris. This event is being held on the sidelines of the Olympic Games to officially kick off on Friday evening. According to the organizers, namely the French Presidency and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), these initiatives are designed to highlight the integral role of sport in promoting sustainable development goals globally. Actually, World and business leaders participating in the summit have pledged billions of dollars in financing and committed to supporting various sporting initiatives aimed at accelerating sustainable development, reported the international media. The French Development Agency, one of the sponsors of the summit, said it will release €500 million for sustainable development in sports by 2030.

There is a substantial opportunity for the implementation of distributed energy resources (DERs) across Nigeria, home to the largest number of un-electrified people in the world. A 10-year roadmap plotted out by RMI (founded as Rocky Mountain Institute) and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) indicates an over 20GW market opportunity in Nigeria through rapid expansion of utility-enabled distributed energy resources, especially renewables and batteries. Access the roadmap report: Scaling Utility-Enabled Distributed Energy Resources in Nigeria: A Roadmap to Boost Distribution Company Revenues and Improve Power Availability and Reliability. Sadiq Mohammed, COO of Kaduna Electric on the challenges and success stories of a privatised energy market in NigeriaFAQs on distributed energy resources (DERs)How do distributed energy resources work? What is the benefit of distributed energy resources?

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