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Morocco plans its second largest desalination plant in Nador

Morocco will invite bids by the end of the year for a 250 million cubic meters desalination plant in the north-eastern city of Nador, water and equipment minister Nizar Baraka said. The plant would be the second largest in the country after Casablanca’s which is planned to start supplying fresh water in 2027, Baraka told […]

Migration: Italy to Accelerate Expulsion, Deportation of Migrants to Africa

Rome is fast-tracking plans and procedures to send migrants back to Africa after violent riots broke out between migrants sheltered at a migrant center and law enforcement officers following the death of one migrant woman. The woman from Cote d’Ivoire, aged 25, died last week in the migrant center in Cona near Venice. Other migrants […]

Morocco’s tourism revenues near pre-pandemic levels in April

Morocco reported a 124% rise in tourism receipts to 14.62 billion dirhams ($1.5 bln) up to April this year, getting closer to pre-pandemic levels of 2019, the exchange office said. Analysts say that the receipts could have been higher had it not been for Ramadan which coincided with April this year. Morocco is restoring air […]