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Morocco’s private investment fund Al Mada and China’s CNGR Advanced Materials said they will partner to build an electric vehicle battery plant in Jorf Lasfar worth 2 billion dollars. The two parties announced in a joint statement that construction will start this year for the plant that is planned to be operational in 2025. Local […]
The funeral of Aïcha El Khattabi, daughter of the late Mohamed Ben Abdelkrim El Khattabi, took place in Casablanca on Thursday, in the presence of Prince Moulay Rachid. After the Dhuhr and funeral prayers, the body of the deceased was buried in the Errahma cemetery. The funeral was attended by family members and relatives, as […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco chaired a third meeting to follow up the implementation of the reconstruction after the earthquake ordering speeding up in implementing a program worth 120 billion dirhams ($12 billion) in the six quake-struck regions. The program will span over a five-year period covering the six provinces affected by the earthquake: Marrakech, […]
Acting Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez has said his country is working with Portugal and Morocco on a “solid and ambitious” bid for hosting the 2030 World Cup. In a tweet posted Tuesday following his meeting in New York with FIFA President Gianni Infantino, he said :“We are working with a clear idea in mind: football […]
The city of Marrakesh hosted on Sept.19 an international conference organized by Moroccan Ministry of Economy & Finance, in partnership with the World Bank on “Public Sector Performance and Transparency”. The event was attended by experts in IT and administrative reform, decision-makers, representatives of international organizations and lecturers from Côte d’Ivoire, Cape Verde, Spain, Greece, […]
Algeria made so much fuss about sending unsolicited aid to Morocco, mobilizing its mouthpieces in the media and its own reporters working for foreign media to show rescuers waiting for Rabat’s green light. Even when Morocco thanked all the countries that offered aid and accepted help only from the UK, Spain, the UAE and Qatar, […]
King Mohammed VI thanked the heads of state of the UAE, Qatar, Spain, and the UK for the contribution of their rescue teams in the relief efforts after the earthquake. Morocco accepted aid from the four countries following a 7- magnitude earthquake that left around 3000 deaths and destroyed whole villages in the High Atlas […]
Morocco becomes a natural partner to build strong friendship and cooperation ties with the European Union, EU ambassador to the Kingdom, Patricia Pilar Llombart Cussac, said Tuesday. “With its substantial energy resources, its proximity to Europe and its strong friendship and cooperation ties at all levels (…), Morocco becomes a natural partner to build such […]
Several agreements in the field of green hydrogen were signed on Tuesday in Marrakech, on the sidelines of the ongoing third edition of the “World Power-to-X Summit” (PTX23). The agreements aim to promote innovation and consolidate training around green hydrogen in favor of sustainable development, and to put in place appropriate measures to ensure the […]
The IMF, the World Bank and the Moroccan government confirmed Marrakech will host the annual meetings as planned on October 9-15, in a boon for the earthquake-hit tourism industry in the country. The confirmation came in a joint statement signed by World Bank President Ajay Banga; International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva; and […]