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Morocco/Rail: Companies from Italy, Germany, India & China Vying for Contract to Supply Tracks for Kenitra–Marrakech TGV

JSW Steel Italy Piombino (Italy), Saarstahl Rails SAS (Germany), Jindal Steel (India), and China Railway Material Group are competing for a contract to supply tracks for the Kenitra–Marrakech high-speed rail line and conventional line upgrades, according to local press reports. Last year, Morocco’s King Mohammed VI launched a $10 billion rail expansion plan, including the […]

Lebanese Govt. grateful to Morocco’s King for his support, generous donation

Lebanese Foreign Minister Charbel Wahba expressed, on behalf of the Lebanese government, “his heartfelt thanks and deep gratitude” to King Mohammed VI for the generous royal donation that the Sovereign kindly made to the Lebanese armed forces and people.   This royal donation came to mend the wound of Lebanon, said on Monday Wahba, during […]

Sudan: at least 150 killed in renewed interethnic violence

At least 150 people including children have been killed in two days of fighting in the latest ethnic clashes between members of the Hausa people and rival groups over land disputes in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile state. The fighting is some of the worst in recent months, and crowds took to the streets the state’s […]