AfDB African Economic outlook 2020 supplement

UNHCR’s Protection Chief Praises Morocco for Efforts to Protect Refugees

UNHCR’s protection chief Volker Türk has praised Morocco for adopting a National Policy on Immigration and Asylum  aiming at offering protection to refugees, the UN Refugee agency said in a statement. “Morocco is the first country on the African continent having signed the 1951 Geneva Convention,” Türk recalled in a speech at a meeting of […]

Morocco to Build World Largest Desalination Plant

After launching the world largest solar complex, Morocco is busy working to construct the biggest desalination plant in the globe, a landmark project to cost €309 million. The plant, to be built by Spanish company Abengoa in the city of Agadir, will be able to provide 275,000 m3 of desalinated water per day. The facility’s […]

Morocco, France sign agreement on unaccompanied minors

Morocco and France signed, Monday in Rabat, an agreement, known as Declaration of Intent, relating to unaccompanied minors. The agreement, initialed by the Moroccan and French Ministers of Justice, Mohamed Benabdelkader and Eric Dupond-Moretti, who is on a visit to the Kingdom, concerns the dissemination of a procedural outline, which details the process of management […]