Spain, Morocco’s First Trading Partner in 2016

Spain remained Morocco’s top trading partner in 2016 with trade turnover totaling $10.6 billion up from $9.3 billion in 2015, Morocco’s foreign exchange regulatory authority, L’Office des Changes said. Between 2015 and 2016, Morocco’s imports from Spain rose from $4.4 billion to $6.2 billion, while its exports to the country jumped from $4.2 billion to […]

South Africa: Zuma’s linkage of Paris attacks to Palestinian-Israeli conflict infuriates Jewish community

The Jewish community in South Africa on top of which Israeli ambassador to Pretoria criticized South African President Jacob Zuma for linking the Paris and Bamako attacks to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Israeli ambassador to Pretoria Arthur Lenk panned President Zuma’s Sunday comments saying that they were unfair and mean misunderstanding of the real agenda of […]

UK’s XLCC sets up subsea cable factory for Morocco project

The UK’s XLCC is planning the setting up of a factory in Hunterston, Scotland, to manufacture the world’s largest subsea cable that will send clean energy from Morocco to the UK. Connecting the solar and wind plants in Morocco with Alverdiscott, North Devon, will start with a first phase in 2025-2027, Electric.co reported. The connection […]