Morocco Contributes $5 Mln to African Development Fund

Morocco has contributed $5 million to the African Development Fund (ADF), which provides concessional funding for projects, technical assistance for studies and capacity-building activities in Africa. The Moroccan contribution was made during the Fund’s 16th replenishment meeting convened in Tangier Dec.5-6 to raise money for low-income African countries to enable them counter social and economic […]

Morocco adopts bill on alternative sentences to reduce congestion in prisons

The upper and lower houses of the Moroccan parliament have both approved a bill that introduces alternative sentences with the aim of reducing overpopulation in Morocco’s prisons. The bill was advocated by the government as a solution to overcrowded Moroccan prisons. The prison population in Morocco surpassed 158% of capacity across the country’s 76 prisons, […]

Exxon Mobil Taps into Mauritania’s Offshore Oil & Gas

Exxon Mobil and Mauritanian authorities have signed three production-sharing contracts for three deep-water exploration blocks. “These blocks further enhance ExxonMobil’s leading global deep-water acreage position,” said Steve Greenlee, president of ExxonMobil Exploration Company in a statement. “We thank the government of Mauritania for the opportunity to evaluate the potential of this acreage using our expertise […]