Morocco Earmarks 6 Billion Dirhams to Ports Development up to 2022

Morocco’s ports agency (ANP) announced that it has earmarked 6 billion dirhams (about $650 million) over the 2018-2022 period, including 2.7 billion dirhams to be invested in 2018 in projects covering ports development and extension. The agency’s board of directors said that the investments will focus on the extension of the ports of Casablanca and […]

Libya: Turkey will “teach a lesson” to Khalifa Haftar – Erdogan

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said his country will not refrain from “teaching a lesson” to Khalifa Haftar if his eastern Libyan forces continue attacks against the internationally recognized government in Tripoli. Turkey and Russia failed to convince Haftar on Monday to sign a binding truce to halt his nine-month campaign to try to […]

Morocco: Military Service enables young draftees to get skills & dose of patriotism

The registration of young eligible conscripts for 2023 started Wednesday in Morocco and will close on February 25. The 12-month compulsory military service for young people aged between 19 and 25 has been reinstated in 2019 after it was abandoned in 2006. In 2019, 133,820 young male/female Moroccans registered for the service and 178,166 volunteered […]