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Rached Ghannouchi handed one-year jail sentence for promoting terrorism

Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia’s largest political movement Ennahdah, has been sentenced to one-year in prison in absentia for promoting terrorism, one of his lawyers said Monday. Ghannouchi has been in detention since late April and indicted for 19 offenses including terrorism. Monia Bouali, one of Ghannouchi’s lawyers, told Reuters that his client has […]

WB Showcases Morocco’s Regional Clean Energy Leadership

Morocco stands out in the MENA region by showing the road to breaking dependence on imported fossil fuels through investment in concentrated solar energy, said the World Bank in a note on its website. In a feature story on Morocco’s solar energy plan, the World Bank quoted the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) Mustapha […]

Morocco, Gulf States set joint action plan for 2030 partnership

Morocco and the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council have agreed on a joint action plan extending until 2030. The announcement was made Thursday night in Mecca by the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, during the 7th Morocco-GCC joint ministerial meeting. Bourita, who led the Moroccan delegation, emphasized the strength of the […]