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Morocco: Nouaceur Launches Its Second Industrial Acceleration Zone

Morocco’s Nouaceur province is expanding its industrial footprint with the launch of a second Industrial Acceleration Zone (ZAI), a sweeping 476-hectare development in the commune of Ouled Saleh that is set to become one of the country’s largest and most strategically positioned economic hubs. The project was formally set in motion this week, with the […]

A New President for Tangier American Legation

Dale F. Eickelman, Ralph and Richard Lazarus Professor of Anthropology and Human Relations at Dartmouth College and chair of the Department of Anthropology, has been elected President of the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM) in replacement of I. William Zartman. Pr. Eickelman was elected to the position by TALIM’s Board of Directors […]

WHO, UN Fund for Road Safety win Mohammed VI International Road Safety Prize

The World Health Organization and the UN Fund for Road Safety received the first Mohammed VI International Road Safety Prize, a distinction aimed at rewarding innovative initiatives in the fight against road insecurity. The distinction was awarded at the opening of the Fourth Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. Each of the two international institutions […]