Marrakesh Compact on Migration, a major contribution to meeting migration challenges

The Marrakesh Compact on Migration adopted in 2018 represents a major contribution to multilateralism to meet the challenges and exploit the opportunities of international migration and human mobility, through a global and cooperative approach. The remarks were made by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in a speech delivered on behalf of the champion countries of […]

Morocco offers construction aid to 95% of quake-hit households

The Moroccan government said it offered construction aid to 95% of the households whose homes were completely or partly destroyed in the violent earthquake that ravaged villages in the High Atlas Mountains in September 2023. So far, 56,000 families received financial aid to rebuild their houses for a total cost of 1.4 billion dirhams ($140 […]

Egypt, Saudi Arabia to sign electricity transmission network agreements

Egypt and Saudi Arabia will sign soon multiple contracts for a 2 GW electricity transmission network that will connect the two countries’ grids. The project worth $1.6 billion will connect both countries’ grids with 900 kilometers of overhead transmission cables and pass across the sea bed, for 25 kilometers. Egypt will finance 40 per cent […]