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Morocco plans a gas power plant near Al Wahda dam with a total capacity of 990 megawatts and for a cost of 415 million dollars. State-owned water and electricity utility will offer 20% of the funding while the rest will come from securitization and bank loans, Le Matin daily reported, citing an official financial document. […]
Morocco’s production of tomatoes grew by 17% between 2014 and 2023, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said. Production increased from 1.23 million tons a decade earlier to 1.44 in 2023, it said, noting a drop in some main markets. The EU expects Morocco to remain its main tomato supplier until 2035, due to […]
The official logo for the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2025, set to take place in Morocco, was unveiled on Saturday, marking a key moment in the countdown to this major African football event, according to the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The logo, described as a modern and iconic symbol of African football, honors […]
Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), working on accurate intelligence from the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), successfully foiled an imminent terrorist plot early Sunday morning. The plan, which was in its preparatory stages, involved carrying out explosive attacks. A coordinated operation by DGST special forces, BCIJ officers, the aerial brigade, and the […]
Authorities in South Sudan have imposed a suspension on major social media platforms for at least 30 days after videos circulated online purporting to show the killings of South Sudanese nationals in Sudan’s El Gezira state. The footage prompted widespread outrage and led to deadly revenge attacks, including riots in several South Sudanese cities where […]
As many African countries are struggling to service their debts, a new World Bank report warns that interest payments on long-term debt in sub-Saharan Africa surged nearly seven-fold to $26 billion between 2010 and 2023. The sharp increase came as the region’s foreign borrowing doubled to $864 billion within the same period. Africa’s worsening debt […]
The Guinean Government has taken control of the telecommunications operator Areeba Guinea, previously owned by the South African group MTN. This move asserts Guinea’s sovereignty over its telecommunications sector, but the real challenge will be revitalising an operator that has fallen behind in modernizing its infrastructure. MTN Guinea had a 21% market share in the […]
British energy giant BP has officially launched gas production at the Grand Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) field, strategically located along the maritime border between Senegal and Mauritania that represents a promising source of natural gas and a lever for economic transformation. During a recent ceremony, Senegal’s president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, recently welcomed a delegation from the […]
Mauritania has announced its withdrawal from the gas pipeline project with Algeria after almost two years and a half of inaction of Algerian authorities to implement this project, according to press reports. Since the visit paid by Algerian energy minister Mohamed Arkab to Mauritania in June 2022, nothing moved forward. The minister had presented a […]
The annual diplomatic charity gala dinner, organized by the embassy of France and the Diplomatic Foundation was held Friday in Rabat under the effective chairmanship of Princess Lalla Hasnaa chaired. The event, held under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI, has become an annual tradition organized at the initiative of the Diplomatic Foundation and […]