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Madrid seeks new alliances in Africa amid persistent diplomatic row with Rabat

Spanish Prime minister Pedro Sanchez will start this week an African tour designed to build up new alliances in the continent after failing to solve lingering diplomatic crisis with neighboring Morocco over the Sahara. According to press reports, Sanchez will travel to Egypt, Kenya and South Africa. Rabat has not been included in this tour, […]

Moroccan UM6P university and Israel’s Bar-Ilan to cooperate on clean energy

Moroccan UM6P University and its Israeli peer Bar-Ilan agreed to cooperate in developing clean energies, notably those based on hydrogen, renewables and recycling. The resumption of ties between Morocco and Israel in late 2020 paved the way for academic cooperation between the two countries, including through exchange programs. This new partnership will enable young researchers […]

Renewable energy: Italy, Tunisia revive plans for 600 MW project

Italy and Tunisia are reviving plans for power interconnection between the two countries. The project has been under development by Italian transmission company Terna and Tunisian gas and electricity group STEG since 2003. The project was originally conceived to export power generated in Tunisia to Italy but is now based on an electricity exchange in […]