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Mining: Altus gets new license for copper & silver project in Morocco

UK mining company Altus Strategies Plc announced this Tuesday that the Moroccan ministry of Energy Transition has granted it a 10 year mining license for Agdz copper and silver project.   Agdz is located 14km southwest of the Bou Skour Cu-Ag mine in the eastern Anti-Atlas of Morocco. Agdz is one of 14 Moroccan projects […]

US greenlights sale of JSOW medium range precision guided weapon to Morocco

The US has given its go-ahead for the sale of forty AGM-154C Joint Stand Off Weapons (JSOW) to Morocco. Morocco intends to use the missiles on its F-16, multi-role fighter aircraft, and will provide enhanced capabilities in effective defense of critical sea lanes, the Pentagon said. The sale “will increase the Royal Moroccan Air Force’s […]

UNSG’s Personal Envoy highlights political, socio-economic development in Sahara

UN Chief Antonio Guterres dedicated a significant part of his report to the Security Council on the Sahara to the visit paid by his Personal Envoy Staffan de Mistura to Laâyoune and Dakhla, in the Moroccan Saharan provinces on September 5-7. In the report which has just been officially published on the United Nations’ website, […]