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How a Moroccan-US pro-Algeria lobbyist fooled Foreign Policy magazine

Samia Errazouki, a US-Moroccan citizen and former journalist, used Foreign Policy to spit her venom on its motherland (Morocco) paying lip service to the inaudible Algerian lobby in Washington. In a hateful article entitled, “Morocco’s Diplomatic Morass”, Errazouki usurped the position of a Foreign Policy journalist in seeking comments from the anti-Moroccan Algerian lobby in […]

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Morocco, China sign Belt Road Initiative implementation agreement

Morocco and China signed the implementation agreement of the Belt and Road Initiative providing for further Chinese investments in the Kingdom. In a ceremony chaired by foreign minister Nasser Bourita and Vice President of China’s committee for reform and development (NDRC) Ning Jizhe, the two countries vowed to add momentum to bilateral cooperation. The new […]

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Tunisia to freeze salaries, recruitment in public sector for next three years – local NGO

Tunisia has pledged to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to freeze salaries and recruitments in public sector from next three years until 2024, local powerful NGO I Watch has revealed, citing a leaked document about the ongoing negotiations for a loan between the North African country and the Washington-based lender. Tunisia is talks with the […]

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Covid-19: Mauritanian president tested positive

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has tested positive for Covid-19, the official news agency announced Tuesday. “Medical examinations carried out on Monday by Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, after contracting a cold, showed a positive result and a contamination with Covid-19 with mild symptoms,” the Ami agency said. Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, […]

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Algerian government promises longer queues in 2022

Algerians woke up to renewed queues on cooking oil and bread in 2022, two commodities that joined a list of long essential goods whose prices spiked under the impact of high inflation and import cuts. The queues indicate shortages coupled with a high inflation of basic products under the impact of a state policy to […]

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Morocco considers setting up LNG infrastructure in Mohammedia port

Morocco invited bids for a study concerning the setting up of LNG infrastructure and a floating storage and regasification unit in the port of Mohammedia, the port agency said. January 25 was set as a deadline for the bid which aims at helping the port agency upgrade the port to host LNG and FSRU infrastructure. […]

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Morocco hopes to decarbonize energy sector by 2050 in new vision

The kingdom of Morocco envisions to build a carbon-free energy sector by 2050 as the North African country adopts a new energy vision, Bas Carbone (Low Carbon). The new vision, made of seven orientations, aims first and foremost at accelerating the strong development of renewable energies with a view to decarbonize electricity, with an indicative […]

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Morocco, a model for Africa in terms of industrialization – Zambian expert

Morocco sets an example for other African countries in industrialization and export promotion, Zambian expert Edward Chisanga said Monday. “What we need the most is to follow the path taken by countries like Morocco whose world exports of manufactured products amount to 72%,” said Mr. Chisanga, member of the International Center for trade and sustainable […]

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Egypt to receive permission in 2022 to build two nuclear plants for electricity generation

Egypt is expected to receive, this year, the permission to build two nuclear plants for electricity generation.   Amjad Al-Wakeel, Chairman of Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plant Authority (NPPA), told Zawya the projects already in phases will be implemented in the second half of 2022. NPPA is coordinating with the contractor Rosatom of Russia to obtain […]

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Former French MP names King Mohammed VI, Personality of the Year 2021

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has been named “Personality of the Year 2021”, by former French socialist deputy Julien Dray, in recognition of the Monarch’s outstanding democratic achievements and his firm solidarity with African countries. Speaking lately on French TV channel CNEWS, Mr. Dray said under the leadership of the Moroccan Sovereign, the North African […]