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Tangier, Morocco’s second largest city after Casablanca

The 2024 census showed that Tangier has become Morocco’s second largest city, out populated by Casablanca and followed by Fez. Casablanca retained its standing as the most populous city with 3.23 million, followed by Tangier (1.27 mln), Fez (1.18 mln), Marrakech (1.15 mln), Sale (945k), Meknes (526k) and the capital Rabat (516k), according to a […]

Morocco aims at vaccine self-sufficiency- health ministry

Morocco targets meeting all its vaccination needs as well as developing production to export to Sub-Saharan Africa and the Maghreb, said Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb. A production unit will be set up in the Mohammed VI technology city in Tangier to make all sorts of vaccines, said Ait Taleb in an interview with Russian […]

Nouakchott in Danger of Being Swallowed by the Sea

Climate change is taking a toll on Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott coupled with rising sea levels, lack of sanitation and rising population growth, Alex Duval Smith wrote for the Guardian from Nouakchott. “Much of the city is at or below sea level, protected from the ocean only by an eroding dune,” deplored Smith who recommended moving […]