US lays foundation stone for new consulate in Casablanca

The United States Thursday laid the foundation stone of a new consulate general premises in the city of Casablanca, in Morocco.   The groundbreaking of the new US Consulate General campus in Casablanca is the latest demonstration of the “enduring friendship and strategic partnership” between the US and the Kingdom of Morocco, the US Department […]

Morocco to Train Aeronautical Engineers in Brazil

Morocco will send its engineers to be trained in Brazil in a bid to boost its attractiveness to foreign investments by strengthening its skilled workforce. An agreement was signed in this regards between Mohammed VI International Academy for Civil Aviation and Brazil’s aerospace conglomerate Embraer. Under the agreement, Morocco will send aeronautical engineers to gain […]

Zimbabwe slow in implementing UN Minamata Convention to stop using toxic mercury

Zimbabwe joined gold miners from Indonesia to Peru last year by ratifying the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury, an international treaty adopted in 2013, that seeks to phase out the toxic metal to protect human health and the environment. Inhaling fumes or regular contact with mercury during gold mining can each have devastating effects […]