Morocco’s official time will stay GMT plus one as the country decided to keep daylight saving time all year long. The decision was met with criticism on social media as many activists denounced a lack of popular survey by the government before the adoption of the new time. The government said that it is better […]
Morocco’s state-owned phosphates company (known by its French acronym OCP) will invest 2 billion dirhams in a water desalination plant in the Atlantic city of El Jadida. Part of the OCP’s environmental strategy, the new plant will have a capacity of 75 million cubic meters per year as of 2020, its projected date of completion, […]
The United Nations General Assembly adopted, Thursday, a historic resolution tabled by Morocco and four other countries, recognizing access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a universal human right. Besides Morocco, the resolution was co-initiated by Costa Rica, Maldives, Slovenia and Switzerland. It received the support of 161 member states while 8 abstained. […]
