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Pakistan’s Energy Crisis And U.S. Interests
As America prepares to commemorate the tragic events of 11 September 2001, when a series of four coordinated terrorist suicide attacks against targets in New York and Washington D.C killed 2,977 people, another less well-known anniversary is shortly coming...
Pakistan to Include Iran in Currency Swaps
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has proposed that Pakistan and Iran agree on currency swaps in order to strengthen relations.
Russia Ready to Help Nigeria Build a Nuclear Power Plant
Russia has indicated its readiness to help Nigeria to builda nuclear power plant as soon as feasibly possible. The relevant agreement has been reached at a meeting in Moscow between Nigerian Science and Technology Minister Alhassan Bako Zaku and head...
Kenyan Prime Minister Challenges African Nations to Diversity Their Sources of Energy
Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga has called on African countries to diversify their sources of energy because of the high cost of fossil oil and the unreliability of hydro- power due to climatic changes. Odinga said that after the energy crisis of...
European Union to Launch Gas, Renewable Energy Project in Nigeria
The European Union (EU) is to launch a 2.3 million Euro project in Nigeria on the sustainable utilization of gas and renewable energy resources. The Information Officer of the Delegation of the European Commission to Nigeria, Mr Kelechi Onyemaobi, told...
African Women Celebrate 30 Years of CEDAW
Gambia’s vice president, Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, has told local and international delegates at the commemoration of 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women(CEDAW) in Banjul, that the crucial role...
Norway to Provide Funding for Mozambique Energy Projects
Norway will spend $80 million to implement projects to produce and distribute power in Mozambique and the southern region of Africa in general, the official Mozambique News Agency (AIM) reported Sunday. The amount, which would be managed by the World...
Southern African Power Pool Needs $8 Billion to Ease Energy Crisis
The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) needs $8 billion dollars to generate 6,700 megawatts of electricity in order to fight a regional energy crisis, according to a SAPP report made available to APA on Wednesday. The document said an increase in demand...
