Automotive: French Group Utac Ceram to Set Up Test Center in Morocco

French independent group Utac Ceram, which carries out technical tests required for the approval of vehicles and their equipment, will open a test center in Morocco, according to French business daily leséchos.fr. An agreement will be signed shortly with Moroccan authorities on this center to be operational by mid-2021, added the French news outlet. The […]

Launch in Marrakech of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 2019

The global annual campaign “16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence” was launched Saturday in Marrakech under the theme “Positive Masculinities: Men & boys reject violence against women and girls”. This event, open to the general public and organized by the United Nations in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against […]

China’s Maritime Silk Road projects come with environmental costs for Africa — study

While some of the ports, bridges and other coastal projects constructed as part of Beijing’s so-called Maritime Silk Road help developing economies increase their capacity for trade, there are environmental downsides to China’s coastal infrastructure, according to a new academic study that has just been published in the journal One Earth. The study, by researchers […]