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British company SDX Energy has announced new gas discovery in the onshore drilling operation conducted in Morocco. “We are pleased to be announcing another successful result from our Moroccan drilling campaign,” said chief executive Paul Welch oil and gas operations. The new gas discovery was made in the KSR-15 well at the Sebou project. The […]
The US should look at Morocco’s comprehensive anti-terrorism strategy in its efforts to put an end to mass shootings, said the editorial board of the Christian Science Monitor (CSM) In the wake of 9/11 attacks, the US launched a counter-terrorism strategy that proved efficient abroad though” lone wolf killers inspired by radical Islam, such as […]
Prime minister of Saint Lucia, Allen Michael Chastanet, in his quality as president of the secretariat of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), has reiterated support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. Chastanet told the press after a meeting with head of the government Saad Eddine El Othmani in Rabat Saturday that the OECS […]
Euphoria took over the streets of Moroccan cities as the Atlas Lions secured a well-deserved qualification to the 2018 World Cup in Russia following a 2-0 victory in an epic battle against Côte d’Ivoire in Abidjan. Led by coach Hervé Renard, the Moroccan squad maintained an upbeat performance completing the qualifications without conceding a single […]
King Mohammed VI who is currently on a friendship and work visit to the United Arab Emirates held talks Saturday in Abu Dhabi with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. After a meeting, attended by the members of the delegation accompanying […]
American news media organization, Newsmax, published recently an article highlighting Morocco’s potential to ease tension in the Gulf. “Morocco is a model of tolerance and openness in the Muslim world. It can help ease current tensions and accompany future developments,” said the author of the article on the role of Morocco in mediating an agreement […]
Tourist arrivals in Morocco up to September 2017 have grown 9% compared to the same period last year to stand at 8.28 million tourists, the tourism ministry said. International tourist arrivals rose 13.2% while Moroccans living abroad visiting their homeland jumped 5.2%, the Ministry said in its latest statistics covering the January-September 2017 period. Arrivals […]
A team of Moroccan researchers have designed an efficient filter system for the treatment of rural wastewater. The system uses layers of soil and gravel which clean domestic waste water, make it suitable for agriculture irrigation. The multi-soil-layering (MSL) system was successfully tested by scientists of Morocco’s Cadi Ayyad University. The results of the tests […]
Morocco is set to reduce the unemployment rate to 8.5% by 2021 through the creation of 200,000 jobs annually, employment minister Mohamed Yatim promised Speaking at a conference in Rabat, Yatim said the government cooperates with stakeholders in the private sector to achieve that ambitious goal. The unemployment rate in Morocco has increased from 9.1% […]
French justice on Friday validated the two recordings between the Lawyer of the Moroccan King Mohammed VI and two French journalists, Eric Laurent and his colleague Catherine Graciet, as an admissible proof in the blackmail and extortion legal proceedings. The Court of Cassation, the highest court in France to which the two journalists appealed, considered […]