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Morocco Gets $150 Mln additional WB funding to improve public transport

The World Bank approved on Tuesday a $150 million funding in additional financing for Morocco’s Urban Transport Program, which seeks to improve the performance and the quality of public transport services. The additional funding will enable Morocco to adapt its program to address new priorities of mobility, including those related to the impact of covid-19 […]

Morocco Allocates 2.35 billion Dirhams to Upgrade Medinas

Morocco allocated 2.35 billion dirhams to upgrade five of its centuries-old towns and help develop handicrafts and revenue generating activities. At a ceremony chaired by King Mohammed VI in Marrakesh Monday, measures were introduced to develop the medinas (old towns) of Marrakech, Salé, Meknes, Tetouan and Essaouira. In Marrakech, the project to rehabilitate an old […]

Morocco rings alarm bell regarding worsening conditions in Libya

Morocco warned the UN Security Council about the deteriorating security, political and economic conditions in Libya which foreign intervention will further worsen. Speaking at a virtual meeting of dozen foreign ministers on Libya, Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita reiterated Morocco’s position in support of the UN Skhirate agreement, noting that multiplying initiatives will be counterproductive. […]