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McDonal’s has opened its first restaurant in the largest city in the Southern Provinces, Laayoune, on a surface area of 1,137 square meters. The restaurant lies at the heart of the city adjacent to the Dcheira Battle square and employs 200 people in direct and indirect jobs. The project is the fruit of the investment […]
The city of Marrakech is undertaking a pioneering experience at the national level by introducing electrical busses to replace diesel ones in a bid to reduce pollution, noise and enhance urban transportation. After a delay of a year in launching the E-busses, tests are ongoing with the goal of officially operating the busses by the […]
One year after it lifted visa requirements for Chinese nationals, Morocco is steadily tapping into the Chinese tourist market with arrivals by July 2017 rising to 50,000 compared to 10,000 in the whole year of 2015. Soon after the visa exemption decision was taken during King Mohammed VI’s visit to Beijing, the number of Chinese […]
Morocco’s Royal Football Federation (FRMF) has submitted to the FIFA its official bid to host the 2026 World Cup, the fifth attempt by the kingdom to organize the global sports event. In a statement, the FRMF has dispelled rumors spread by the media concerning a potential joint bid with another country. Previously, the media claimed […]
Morocco has robust security services and comprehensive counterterrorism strategy that made the country the most insulated against ISIS attacks in the region, underscored the Brussels-based think tank, The International Crisis Group. “Morocco is the only Maghreb country that, to date, has not experienced an ISIS attack,” said the International Crisis Group in a report dubbed […]
As part of efforts of bringing renewable’s share in overall electricity generation to 52% by 2030, Morocco has earmarked 2.3 billion dollars to boosting the use of solar energy in agricultural production. This investment is meant to bolster the use of solar energy in water pumping and to curb the consumption of Butane gas, said […]
The technology group Wärtsilä of Finland will supply a 22 MW baseload power plant to Morocco’s state utility (ONEE) under an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract. The main evaluation criterion for the project was the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) during an operating period of 20 years. LCOE measures the operating period costs divided […]
Ilyas El Omari, Secretary General of Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), the main opposition party in parliament, presented his resignation on the backdrop of protests in northern Morocco and ten days only after a critical speech by the King lambasting political parties and public officials for falling short to fulfil their duties in serving […]
Morocco, which imports the majority of its fuel needs and spends 10-12 pc of its gross domestic product on energy bills, bets heavily on renewables to meet its rapidly growing demand and honor its international commitments to combat climate changes. But will this North African country turn into gas exporter? It seems that the British […]
Morocco bought €127 million worth of French arms in 2016, making it the second weapon market for France in Africa, said the French Defense Ministry. Morocco came second in terms of spending on French arms behind Egypt, which spent €1.3 billion in the same year, the Ministry said in a report. Since 2012, French arm […]