As anti-Moroccan sentiment surge, self-defeating calls mount for cutting intercontinental power cable

In the wake of Spain’s self-inflicted migration crisis, analyses underpinned by Moroccophobia spawned in Spanish media. Some suggested Spain should consider cutting or threatening to cut electricity flows through the submarine cables to Morocco as leverage. Such proposals ignore the mutual benefits of the interconnection and risk exposing deeper economic interdependence, energy experts and bilateral […]

Morocco Deploys 100 000 Security Agents to Deter Terror Plotters

Moroccan security agencies have dealt in 2015 hard blows to ISIS at home and overseas. Thus, they take serious the threats made by Islamic militants and religious fanatics to carry out revenge attacks on New Year’s Eve. Moroccan law enforcement & counter-terror services have all reasons to be concerned. They have disrupted plots after plots […]

Morocco to dedicate 1 million additional hectares to cereals

Morocco is set to enhance its food sovereignty by making available an additional million hectares dedicated to cereals, agriculture minister Mohamed Sadiki said. Morocco imports between 3 and 5 million tons of soft wheat depending on its own drought-affected output. This year, Morocco had a below average cereals harvest and is expected to import up […]