In a ceremony that could best be described as “Hollywood meets heavy industry,” Algeria this week unveiled its brand-new Ghar Djebilet–Béchar railway line, the first infrastructure project in the world designed to transport a mine that, so far, exists mainly as a PowerPoint slide and a dream. The ribbon-cutting took place somewhere in the vast […]
Morocco has been eliminated in the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament, after losing to Egypt by a score of 2 goals to 1 after extra time, on Sunday at the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium in Yaounde. The Atlas Lions opened the score in the 7th minute thanks to Sofiane Boufal on a […]
The European Union announced on Wednesday a €169 million support package for Morocco to enable this country enhance further its medical response to the coronavirus pandemic and put in place measures to mitigate its socio-economic impact. EU Neighborhood commissioner Olivér Várhelyi said : “Today’s disbursement shows that the European Union stands by Morocco in its […]
