US deputy Secretary of state Wendy-Sherman-meets-Moroccan-Foreign-Minister-Nasser-Bourita in rabat march 8 2022

Moroccan Press Echoes Patriotic Fervor to defend Sahara

The Moroccan press has taken great interest in the Laayoune declaration, which brought together leaders of Moroccan parties, local officials and Saharan tribes’ leaders who all spoke with one voice in favor of a firm action to quell any attempt at undermining the Kingdom’s sovereignty over the Sahara territory. The Laayoune declaration came to represent […]

Morocco’s Fog Harvesting Project Wins UN Momentum for Change Award

A Moroccan fog water collection project won the 2016 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Momentum for Change Award, local media reported. The fog harvesting project was initiated by Dar Si Hmad, a woman-led NGO, as a solution to water scarcity in some of the most isolated, rural communities in the Anti-Atlas mountain […]

Saudi Arabia shelves plan to take over United Bank of Egypt over disagreement with Cairo

Saudi Arabia has put a plan by its sovereign wealth fund to acquire the United Bank of Egypt on hold because of a disagreement with the Egyptian authorities over its valuation, Reuters reports citing two sources familiar with the matter. The pause is unprecedented in the spree of investments done by the Gulf country in […]