The Moroccan government has earmarked 10.8 billion dollars or 115 billion dirhams to expand irrigation programs from 2020 to 2027. This came at a meeting chaired by head of the government Aziz Akhannouch, as farms in drought-stricken regions suffer from diversion of irrigation water to supply households. The investment aims to mitigate the impact of […]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Algerian government to drop the charges against and to immediately release freelance journalist Said Chitour, currently held in Prison pending trial on allegations of espionage. Police arrested Chitour at Algiers International Airport on June 5 as he returned from Spain, according to media reports and […]
Sound Energy confirmed gas discoveries while drilling its third TE-8 gas well in the Tendrara license area in eastern Morocco. The news comes after the company announced recent success at the company’s first two Tendrara wells (TE-6 and TE-7). The UK-based company said that gas has been discovered at a depth of 2,643 in the […]
