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President Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated Wednesday Bernice military base, the largest in the country and the Middle East, set to emphasize Egypt’s influence in the Red Sea. Located on the Red Sea coast along Egypt’s southern borders, the Bernice base covers 150,000-acre and is house to a naval base, an airbase, an army hospital, some combat […]
The consortium led by Moroccan energy company NAREVA and French ENGIE group won an international bid for the construction of 120 MWp solar power plant in Gafsa, Tunisia. The consortium will be responsible for developing, designing, financing, building, operating and maintaining the photovoltaic power plant over a period of 20 years from commissioning. The Gafsa […]
King Mohammed VI on Wednesday visited Essaouira where he oversaw a facelift of the city’s historical center called Medina and celebrated its centuries-old history of Jewish-Muslim coexistence. Rehabilitation The King was briefed during his visit to Essaouira about a facelift program worth 300 million dollars to develop the historical part of the city and boost […]
King Mohammed VI who started Wednesday a visit to the Atlantic city of Essaouira paid shortly after arrival a visit to ‘Bayt Dakira’, a spiritual space that tells the story and history of Judaism in Essaouira and in Morocco, a space that preserves and perpetuates the Judeo-Moroccan memory and heritage. This historical, cultural and […]
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias labeled on Wednesday Morocco’s autonomy plan as a “serious and credible approach” for the resolution of the Sahara issue. Athens “deems the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara, submitted to the United Nations, as a serious and credible approach to reach a solution” to this regional conflict, said Mr. Dendias […]
The Rwandan embassy in Morocco was inaugurated at a ceremony on Wednesday Jan. 15 in Rabat in an official ceremony attended by Rwandan Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Olivier Nduhungirehe, and Moroccan Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita. The opening of the Rwandan embassy comes after Morocco opened its diplomatic representation in Kigali in […]
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said his country will not refrain from “teaching a lesson” to Khalifa Haftar if his eastern Libyan forces continue attacks against the internationally recognized government in Tripoli. Turkey and Russia failed to convince Haftar on Monday to sign a binding truce to halt his nine-month campaign to try to […]
On the footsteps of Comoros and Gambia, Gabon is the next African state to take its support for Morocco’s territorial integrity to the level of opening a consular representation in the Sahara region. Moroccan news portal le360.ma relayed the news, which may further irk the Algerian regime and its puppet the Polisario militia who have […]
Morocco will build a second desalination plant in its Saharan city of Laayoune to meet the water needs of the local inhabitants over the ten coming years. The 600 L/s plant will be operation before end of 2021, announced lately Abderrahim Hafidi, Head of Morocco’s state-owned electricity & water facility (ONEEP) during the meeting of […]
Morocco’s national carrier Royal Air Maroc, RAM, will launch Thursday, Jan. 16, its first direct flight from Casablanca to Beijing, China. The route will be served by B787-9 Dreamliner, of 302 seats including 26 in business class. The flight to depart from the Mohammed V airport in Casablanca will take 13 hours to reach the […]