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US start-up KoBold Metals, backed by Gates and Bezos, raises $537M in race for Africa’s rare metals

In a remarkable move, the billionaire duo — Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos — have joined forces, pumping $537 million into mining ventures targeting rare metals across Africa. KoBold Metals, a US mining start-up backed by investors including Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, has raised $537 million in its latest Series C funding […]

Covid-19: Royal Gendarmerie participates in Morocco’s masks production success story

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Morocco adopted a set of preventive measures to face the looming health crisis. Part of the measures it adopted, Morocco imposed the compulsory wearing of masks and mobilized several industrial units to produce locally protective facemasks, a move that was described by international media a success story as […]

King Mohammed VI pardons over 5,500 convicts, most of whom small farmers condemned in cannabis-related cases

On the occasion of the anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People, commemorated by Morocco on August 20, King Mohammed VI has granted pardon to 5,516 individuals, including 4,831 people who were convicted, prosecuted, or wanted in cases related to cannabis cultivation, the Ministry of Justice announced in a statement. The Ministry […]