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Morocco, USA ink 2024-2027 cooperation action plan on environment, sustainable development

Morocco and the United States have signed the fourth cooperation action plan in the fields of environment and sustainable development, covering the 2024-2027 period. The plan, initialed in Rabat on Wednesday by Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali, and the US Ambassador to Morocco, Puneet Talwar, aims to bolster the two parties’ […]

EBRD contributes €65 Million for expanding capacity of Ports of Casablanca, Jorf Lasfar

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will contribute €65 million to fund projects aimed at expanding the capacity and optimizing the operations of the multipurpose terminals of the ports of Casablanca and Jorf Lasfar. The financing agreement was signed by EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso and Managing director of Morocco’s port management company, Marsa […]

Boualem Sansal faces 10-year prison sentence in Algeria

French-Algerian writer who was arrested for his views faces a 10-year in jail sentence and a fine of 6887 euros on the charge of terrorism and subversive acts, in a trial denounced by rights activists as political and retaliatory. Sansal was arrested in November right after landing from France where he gave an interview mentioning […]