The first phase of Morocco’s waterway, connecting the water-rich Sebou Basin with the drought-hit Oum Rbia area, will be operational this summer to ensure steady supply to some 12 million people, Morocco’s water minister said. Speaking to MPs, minister Nizar Baraka said at a first phase, water will be channeled through 67km from Sebou basin […]
Misrata’s Bunyan Marous forces fighting under the Trpoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) lost dozens of elements Sunday as they staged final assault on the Islamic State group still holding pockets of Sirte. The final assault on IS started Saturday after two-day lull as GNA forces instructed families of IS militants still stranded in the […]
The collapse of British airline Thomas Cook will cost Moroccan hotels over $20 million (200 million dirhams) in due payments, said Morocco’s tourism operators. The local media is also speaking of a loss of 100,000 annually. Last year Thomas Cook carried 102,000 tourists mainly from Britain to the cities of Agadir and Marrakech. The tourism […]
