Morocco-Africa

Rabat Hosts 2nd Plenary Meeting of Global Forum to Prevent Radiological & Nuclear Terrorism

Rabat is hosting the second plenary meeting of the Global Forum to Prevent Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism (Global FTPRNT), showing Morocco’s engagement to strengthening multilateral cooperation to counter radiological and nuclear (R/N) terrorism. The three-day meeting (feb. 3 to 5) is co-organized by Morocco and the United States, two partners committed to promoting global peace […]

US maritime drills with West African navies aim to stop illegal fishing

American and European navies are teaming up with their counterparts from eight West African countries to conduct joint training operations off the coast of Senegal this week that are mainly aimed at combating illegal fishing off the West African coast. As unreported and unregulated fishing has spread along West Africa’s coasts, scooping up an estimate […]

Microfinance: EIB supports Moroccan very small businesses with €3 million loan

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will grant Al Amana Microfinance NGO a €3 million loan destined to support the development of Moroccan micro-enterprises and very small enterprises (VSEs), with a special focus on supporting women entrepreneurs. The agreement between the two sides seeks to facilitate access of micro-enterprises and VSEs to finance, the EIB explained […]