climate change in southern Africa

Dakhla Atlantic port on track for 2029 launch

Construction of Morocco’s Dakhla Atlantique Port has reached 39% completion, with the project expected to be operational by early 2029. Located 40 km north of the southern city of Dakhla, the port is part of a strategy to boost trade and economic development in the southern provinces, the Sahara. The facility is designed to support […]

Morocco’s King to attend India-Africa summit 2015

King Mohammed VI of Morocco is expected in New Delhi to take part in the third India-Africa Summit scheduled for this October 26 to 29. The royal trip to India, the third since King Mohammed VI came to power in 1999, translates the importance Morocco attaches to strengthening its relations with the Asian country. It […]

Morocco Wins EBRD Climate Resilience Gold Award

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has granted its 2018 “Climate Resilience Gold Award” to Morocco in recognition for the country’s Saïss Water Conservation Project. The project pioneers the shift from the use of unsustainable groundwater through the transfer of an average of 100 million square meters of surface water from the M’Dez […]