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Some 26.4 million people used Moroccan trains to travel in the first six months this year, up 7% from the same period last year, rail operator ONCF said. Revenue grew 8% to 1.26 billion dirhams as more people use the fastest train in Africa Al Bouraq connecting Casablanca to Tangier. In total Al Boraq passengers […]
Morocco received 10 million tourists up to July this year, a record, as the country expects to outperform last year’s arrivals, the finance ministry said. Arrivals in the first seven months were 15% up compared to the same period last year, it said. In the month of July alone, 2.6 million people visited Morocco, up […]
Libya’s central bank chief Sadiq al-Kabir said he and other senior bank employees had to flee the country to protect their lives from militias. Few days ago, the bank suspended activity after a senior official was kidnapped by militias. Disrupted central bank activity, which controls billions of hydrocarbons money, has forced oil production to shutdown […]
Morocco will share its railway expertise with Senegal under cooperation agreements signed Thursday in Rabat by the two countries’ national railway operators and training centers. The signing ceremony was co-chaired by Morocco’s Minister of Transport Mohammed Abdeljalil and Senegal’s peer Malick Ndiaye. The two ministers lauded the strong ties existing between the two countries and […]
UN Security Council members voiced concerns over recent tensions in Libya, urging all Libyan actors and institutions to avoid unilateral actions that could escalate conflicts and deepen divisions. The council members called on Thursday for a de-escalation of tensions, urging Libyan leaders to refrain from using force, threats, or economic pressure, and to seek a […]
Ghana is taking a bold step into the nuclear age, signing a deal for its first atomic power plant using cutting-edge small modular reactor technology. This move puts the West African nation at the forefront of a global push for cleaner energy solutions. The agreement, inked at a US-Africa summit in Nairobi, will see Ghana […]
Côte d’Ivoire’s economic hub Abidjan is currently hosting a pivotal regional workshop aimed at reviewing the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) and the Host Country Agreement (HGA) for the Nigeria-Morocco Africa-Atlantic Gas Pipeline project. This crucial event, which runs until August 30, brings together experts and representatives from several West African countries alongside a Moroccan delegation. The […]
Two Moroccan nano-satellites, “UM5-EOSAT” and “UM5SAT-RIBAT”, have been launched lately by SpaceX on Falcon 9 rocket from U.S. Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The launch of these two first satellites, weighing each 4kg, is the culmination of a long scientific cooperation set between Mohammed V University in Rabat, the National Centre for Scientific & […]
In a surprising shift atop Africa’s wealth pyramid, South African business magnate Johann Rupert has claimed the title of the continent’s richest person, surpassing long-time leader Aliko Dangote of Nigeria. This changing of the guard reflects the volatile nature of global markets and regional economies. Rupert, the 74-year-old mastermind behind the world’s largest luxury watchmaker, […]
Australian company Worley has announced that its Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) work on a green ammonia project in Morocco will be launched in the third quarter of 2024. In its annual report released Tuesday, Worley said the Tarfaya project, the world’s first Power-to-X green ammonia program, includes a transmission grid, hydrogen and ammonia plants and […]