Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) | ENERGY DEMOCRACY https://energy-democracy.net Tue, 23 May 2017 13:19:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://energy-democracy.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cropped-edimage-1-32x32.jpg Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) | ENERGY DEMOCRACY https://energy-democracy.net 32 32 EU, France accused of hijacking ‘Africa-led’ clean energy scheme https://energy-democracy.net/eu-france-accused-of-hijacking-africa-led-clean-energy-scheme/ Tue, 23 May 2017 13:17:21 +0000 https://energy-democracy.net/?p=986 In a resignation letter obtained by Climate Home, the top official of the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI), Youba Sokona, accused donors of a deliberate strategy to “railroad” Africans into rubber-stamping projects selected by Europeans. Matters came to a head in Conakry, Guinea, on 4 March, where the board approved 19 projects worth €4.8 billion ($5.2bn). By Sokona’s account, the Europeans present “managed…

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