rural areas

UN-Habitat to Open Office in Morocco

The United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) will open shortly an Office in Morocco, showing the UN agency’s strong determination to speed up and enhance further its cooperation with the North African country in sustainable urban development. UN-Habitat has been cooperating with Morocco since 1995 on national and local programs in the field of sustainable […]

Dakhla Atlantic port, 27% complete

Works are ongoing to build the Dakhla port, in the Moroccan Sahara, with 27% achieved so far. The port is designed to serve as a commercial hub for southern Morocco and West Africa and has been at the heart of the King’s Atlantic Initiative, which aims at helping landlocked Sahel states access global trade and […]

War-stricken CAR recruits 1,000 police officers to beef up security

The government of Central African Republic has recruited about 1,000 police officers to beef up security in the war-stricken nation.   The new officers attended a ceremony of the presentation of their country’s flag upon graduating after a 45-day training, Africanews reported.   According to Bruno Ouayalo, Director of the National Gendarmerie School, the ceremony […]