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Morocco has launched an ambitious MAD 28 billion ($2.8 billion) “Airports 2030” investment program aimed at more than doubling its passenger capacity to 80 million annually by the end of the decade, Transport and Logistics Minister Abdessamad Kayouh announced. The centerpiece of the plan is a new Casablanca airport constructed on 800 hectares adjacent to […]
The Casa Anfa urban development project is rapidly transforming western Casablanca, turning the site of the city’s former airport into a vibrant new district that combines residential areas, business centers, and extensive green spaces. Spanning 350 hectares, this ambitious project managed by the Urban Development Agency of Anfa (AUDA), a subsidiary of Morocco’s CDG Group, […]
Maroc Telecom company has partnered with Visa Corporation to enhance digital payments and financial inclusion in Morocco and across the African subsidiaries of the major telecommunications company in the North African Kingdom. Thanks to this partnership, the users of MT Cash, Maroc Telecom’s Mobile Money solution, will benefit from the Visa payment services. This strategic […]
Means of upgrading military cooperation between Morocco and Qatar and expanding the two countries’ partnership to other areas were at the focus of the visit Lieutenant General Mohammed Berrid, FAR Inspector General and Commander of the South Zone paid to Qatar this April 19 – 22. The FAR Inspector General, who visited Qatar at the […]
An increasingly broad international consensus is emerging across the globe for including the Algeria-backed polisario militias in the U.S. terror black list. Several influential politicians, Associate professors and analysts from Europe, Latin American, the United States…have backed the findings of the recent report published by U.S. Hudson Institute urging the Trump administration to designate the […]
Morocco’s phosphates and fertilizers producer OCP plans to issue a dual-tranche bond of 5 and 10 years, Reuters reported. OCP has mandated Citi and JP Morgan to arrange the bond sale, the agency reported without adding details. In February last year, OCP completed the issuance of an additional $300 million bond, linked to the group’s […]
Morocco expects its cereals harvest to grow to 4.4 million tons this season, up 41% from last year, thanks to March and April rainfall, the agriculture ministry said. Moroccan agriculture reeled under the impact of seven consecutive years of drought, that slashed the harvest last year to 3.1 million tons, compared to an average year […]
Some 120 African election observers from 52 countries of the continent started Monday in Rabat a training session focusing on electoral process in Africa, political dialogue, governance, inclusive democracy, observers code of conduct, duties, methodology and activities. The opening ceremony was co-chaired by Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita, and the African Union Commissioner for […]
Former UK defense and trade minister and once member of Parliament Liam Fox added his voice to US congressmen, pundits, regional experts and western think tanks who have recently made the case for designating the Polisario as a terrorist group in view of the militia’s involvement in targeting civilians, violating UN ceasefire and acting in […]
The Moroccan agency for sustainable energy MASEN said it has switched on Noor Ouarzazate III solar plant after a 14-month breakdown. The breakdown highlights the dysfunctions with the CSP technology used in the plant which has experienced recurrent breakdowns. The 150-megawatt plant had shut down in February 2024 after a storage breakdown that the operating […]