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Morocco should build on its strategic metals to achieve industrial sovereignty

Rich in phosphates and cobalt deposits, Morocco is poised to attract investments in the fields of electric batteries and environment-friendly vehicles as it pushes to achieve industrial sovereignty and expands high-tech manufacturing. The country’s officials have on multiple occasions mentioned an active quest to attract investors to build a gigafactory that will lure other EV […]

Morocco Stands out in Africa for Sustainable Ocean Management

Morocco was distinguished as the second best performing African country for the quality of its sustainable management of ocean resources, the US-based National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) said in a recent report. Morocco came after Seychelles and was followed by Egypt in the Ocean Health Index issued by the NCEAS while Democratic […]

Morocco’s tourist arrivals drop 78% in first nine months this year

Morocco’s tourism is counting the losses due to the coronavirus pandemic with the number of tourist arrivals plummeting by 78% to 2.2 million in the first nine months of this year. Tourism receipts, key to Morocco’s foreign exchange reserves, shrank 60% to 24.3 billion dirhams, the tourism minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui told MPs. The summer […]