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Morocco invests in fuel storage expansion

Morocco is moving ahead with a 6-billion-dirham ($600 million) investment program to expand fuel storage capacity and improve supply security, as authorities seek to strengthen the resilience of the country’s liberalized petroleum market despite the continued absence of domestic refining capacity. Energy Transition Minister Leila Benali told parliament on Monday that the program aims to […]

Mrs Hala Shokrallah, 1st Egyptian Woman to Head Political Party

An Egyptian woman has been elected lately head of the Liberal Dostour party in a country where women still do not play a major political role in a patriarchal and Muslim-dominated society. She is called Mrs. Hala Shokrallah. She is a Christian and apparently she has broken the rules and become the Chief of her […]

BCIJ Dismantles another Terrorist Cell in Fez

The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) dismantled another terrorist cell made up of four Daesh supporters in Fes on Wednesday (October 25), the Interior Ministry announced in a statement. The first investigations revealed that the respondents, thoroughly permeated by the Daesh discourse and influence, were planning to carry out attacks in Fez to harm […]