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Morocco gets €37.5 Mln EIB loan to improve water supply

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has lent Morocco’s National Electricity and Drinking Water Company (ONEE) €37.5 million to rehabilitate and improve water supply and distribution infrastructures in the country. An agreement was signed Friday by the two sides. The EIB funding will help the North African Kingdom to cut greenhouse gas emissions by reducing water […]

Egypt: Sisi Warns Opposition amid Calls for Coming Elections Boycott

President Fattah al-Sisi Wednesday openly warned the opposition and vowed to deal with actions that may confront his rule as the country’s opposition figures call for boycott of coming March elections that Sisi is certain to win. “Be warned. What happened seven or eight years ago, will not happen again in Egypt,” Sissi said, a […]

Sahara: Italian think-thank supports Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for stability of region

Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara offers a lasting and realistic political solution which guarantees to the local Saharan inhabitants the collective and individual rights, said the Italian Centre for International Studies (Ce.S.I) In an analysis on the Sahara regional conflict, the Centro Studi Internazionali said the autonomy initiative is propped up by ambitious socioeconomic […]