Category: Morocco

World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings in Marrakech Postponed to 2023

January 31, 2022

The World Bank Group-IMF Annual Meetings, initially scheduled to take place in Marrakech in October 2022, will take place in 2023, the two financial institutions ... Read More

Covid-19: Morocco beefs up vaccine stockpile ahead of reopening of borders for travellers

January 31, 2022

Morocco continues to enhance its stockpile of vaccines against covid-19 as it prepares to reopen its borders for inbound/outbound commercial flights starting February 7. The ... Read More

Bee Colony Collapse Disorder: Special program to support Moroccan beekeepers

January 31, 2022

A special program has been set up to support Moroccan beekeepers affected by the phenomenon known as “Bee Colony Collapse Disorder”, noted recently in some ... Read More

Britain’s Xlinks tenders for technical study on undersea cable link with Morocco

January 31, 2022

British energy start-up Xlinks has tendered for a geophysical and geotechnical study on the route to be taken by a 3,800 Km-long undersea electricity cable ... Read More

Morocco to re-open consulate in Tripoli after eight-year hiatus

January 31, 2022

A high key delegation of Moroccan officials arrived in Tripoli Saturday to oversee the reopening of the kingdom’s consulate in the Libyan capital after an ... Read More

Morocco switches on desalination plant to supply Agadir residents, farmers

January 31, 2022

Morocco has switched on its largest desalination plant in Chtouka Aitbaha, worth $470 million, to serve the water stressed area of Agadir and the farms ... Read More

AFCON-2021: Morocco eliminated by Egypt at the quarterfinals

January 30, 2022

Morocco has been eliminated in the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament, after losing to Egypt by a score of 2 goals ... Read More

Algerian president returns empty handed from Egypt

January 29, 2022

At first it was described as a working visit, but when Algeria’s President Abdelmedjid Tebboune landed in Cairo to meet his counterpart General Sisi, the ... Read More

Over 34 million passengers used Moroccan trains in 2021

January 29, 2022

Moroccan train operator ONCF regained normal traffic with 34.5 million passengers using its trains in 2021, up 64% compared to a year earlier marked by ... Read More

Farming: OCP-spearheaded initiative boosts olive production in Morocco by at least 40%

January 29, 2022

Olive harvest has increased by more than 40% on average since farmers, owners of olive groves, followed the Al Moutmir program, initiated by the phosphates ... Read More