Morocco targets economic diversification to secure long-term growth

Morocco has taken a series of reforms to diversify the triggers of growth for its economy away from dependence on agriculture, phosphates and tourism through developing competitive industries and diversifying its trading partners. Agriculture weights about 15% of the Moroccan economy making the amount of rainfall key to influence economic performance. Last year, cereals output […]

CIA Declassified Memo Confirms Moroccanness of Eastern Sahara

A declassified U.S. intelligence document recognizes the Moroccan sovereignty over the Eastern Sahara stretching from Hassi Beida (Bechar province) down to Tinjoub town (southern Mhamid Ghizlane) and holds France, the former colonial power, responsible for the territorial dispute between Morocco and Algeria. The Memo declassified by the Central Intelligence Agency in 2004 strengthens Morocco’s legal […]

Nexans Maroc inaugurates 3.9 MW Photovoltaic Rooftop at its Mohammedia Plant

Nexans Group inaugurated Wednesday its photovoltaic power plant in Mohammedia, near Casablanca. The plant, which covers an area of 12,166 square meters, is equipped with 4,640 photovoltaic panels that will produce over 3,927 megawatts of electricity annually, covering nearly 19% of the Nexans plant’s annual electricity needs and reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by over […]