Louisa Ighilahriz

Moroccans lost nearly €11 million in Schengen visa refusals in 2023

Moroccans have lost nearly €11 million in fees for rejected Schengen visas last year. In 2023, the number of Moroccan nationals who had their Schengen visas applications rejected amounted to 136,367, costing €10.9 million or about 117 million MAD. This places Morocco second among African countries in numbers of visa rejections. While the Kingdom led […]

Sound Energy receives financing from Attijariwafa Bank for gas field project in Morocco

Sound Energy PLC on Wednesday said that Casablanca-based Attijariwafa offered to finance the second phase of its development of the Tendrara production concession in Morocco. The London-based Morocco-focused upstream gas company said Attijariwafa offered up to around $237 million, subject to conditions being met before the end of September. The funding includes a 12-year term […]

Morocco, Saudi Arabia call for combating terrorism, separatist movements in Sahel

Morocco and Saudi Arabia have called for more efforts to support stability, promote sustainable development and fight extremism, terrorism and separatist movements in the Sahel region. This came in the minutes of the 13th session of the Morocco-Saudi Arabia Joint Commission convened in Rabat this week under the co-chairmanship of the two countries’ Foreign Ministers […]