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Morocco, which imports most of its needs of energy, is steadily reducing its dependence on imports thanks to efforts spearheaded by King Mohammed VI to increase the share of renewable energy in the national energy mix to over 52% by 2030. King Mohammed VI, who supervises the national program for the development of renewable energy […]
Set on modernizing its army, Morocco is showing interest in acquiring submarines, Portuguese defense minister said. “Morocco is interested in developing sub-marine capabilities. We will work together with Morocco in that regard,” said Joao Gomes Carvinho following talks with Minister delegate in charge of defense, Abdellatif Loudiyi in Lisbon. The Portuguese official said that the […]
The Sahrawi Association for the Defense of Human Rights (ASADEH) has raised with the Basque government the cases of Moulay Abba Bouzeid, Fadel Breika and Mahmoud Zeidan, who were abducted lately by the polisario militias. In Bilbao, the Sahrawi NGO met with officials from the autonomous government and a representative of the Madrid central government. […]
Morocco has strengthened its position in Africa as a rising power thanks to the vision of King Mohammed VI, writes French magazine Le Point on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the rule of the Moroccan monarch. In an in-depth issue, the magazine dedicated 14 pages to take stock of the developments that took […]
Morocco has always been a locomotive of EU relations with its southern neighborhood, from the very first Association Agreement to being the very first country to benefit from the Advanced Status, foreign minister Nasser Bourita said. Speaking to EU information website Euractiv, Bourita said relations between the European Union (EU) and Morocco are now part […]
Morocco is marching steadily towards fulfilling its renewable energy goal of generating 52% of its electricity from renewable sources with the launch of a new process to tender for a solar power plant in Midelt known as Noor Midelt II. The call for pre-qualification for Noor Midelt II comes after the Moroccan agency for renewable […]
The World Bank and Morocco inked on Thursday in Rabat a $500 million loan agreement destined to support the country’s pre-schooling and basic education, key for socioeconomic development and inclusive growth. The WB loan will enable the Moroccan government to improve the quality of preprimary education, enhance the skills of teachers of basic education and […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has decided to deploy an electronic system in the Tindouf camps to monitor the international humanitarian aid and prevent its embezzlement by the Polisario in connivance with some Algerian officials. The move is the first of its kind made by the United Nations to combat the misappropriation and diversion of […]
King Mohammed VI is one of the “rare Heads of State with a humanist approach” on migration issue, writes French daily Le monde in a story on the tragedy of migrants, including the dozens killed in the airstrike that has hit lately a migrant detention centre near the Libyan capital. In an Op-ed titled: “Migrants: […]
Seven Moroccans lost their lives in the attack on a migrants detention center in Libya which took place last week, Morocco’s foreign ministry said. Eight other Moroccans were injured and three others were missing after the attack which was blamed on forces loyal to renegade General Khalifa Haftar. Morocco’s consular services were in touch with […]