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Solar Energy: Morocco’s Noor Ouarzazate III Plant Switched on

Morocco’s Noor Ouarzazate III solar thermal power plant has been powered up to carry out necessary technical functional tests before its delivery planned for the last quarter of 2018. This plant is part of the Noor solar complex, the largest in the world. It is the second one designed and built by Spanish engineering company […]

Rabat hosts a cyber security conclave

The 5th edition of the “Cyber Security Conclave – Morocco” kicked off on Wednesday in Rabat with the participation of over 350 cybersecurity authorities, public decision-makers, business leaders, managers, and cybersecurity professionals from several African and Arab countries. The two-day meeting reflects the crucial importance of cooperation in the field of cybersecurity and aims to […]

Tough Times for Slavery Abolitionists in Mauritania

Mauritanian authorities arrested last Sunday scores of anti-slavery activists on the backdrop of riots and clashes last week with security forces in Nouakchott. The riots started when security forces stormed slump dwellings occupied for decades by the Haratin ethnic group, many of them former slaves. The authorities accused the members of the Initiative for the […]