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Morocco’s rural world: Electrification rate, drinking water supply near 100%

The 7.1 billion dirham ($800 million) investments injected by the National Office for Electricity and Potable Water (ONEE) in 2020 made it possible to improve the electrification rate of the rural world to 99.78 % and the rate of drinking water supply to 97.8%.   The investments enabled to ensure a normal and regular supply […]

Western firms losing out to China in ‘white-gold’ rush for Africa’s lithium

European and other Western companies face losing out on sub-Saharan African lithium supply to Chinese companies whose grip on the critical mineral got even tighter last year when African exports of lithium, which mostly go to China, rose sharply between August and November. Already dominant in the cobalt and copper sectors in Africa, China is […]

African Lion 2023: Moroccan-US disaster management cooperation; airdrop Maneuvers

As part of the 19th edition of the ongoing African Lion drills, a synthetic exercise on Moroccan-US cooperation in disaster management took place on Sunday at the military port of Agadir, to assess the responsiveness of the Royal Armed Forces Rescue and Assistance Unit (USS-FAR) to a suicide drone attack presenting a crisis situation linked […]