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Morocco’s annual dates production is expected to increase to 300,000 tons by 2030 up from 149,000 tons recorded in 2021, according to latest data released by Moroccan ministry of agriculture. This goal will be reached thanks to the implementation of the new agricultural strategy Green Generation 2020-2030. Under this ambitious plan, 5 million palm date […]
The Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project is a genuine powerful tool for development and regional integration, stressed, in Abidjan, Director General of Morocco’s National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM), Amina Benkhadra. “It is a transformative project for our continent,” said Benkhadra who was speaking before a panel of investors on the sidelines of the 3rd […]
International experts stressed, Thursday in Tangier during a panel held part of the ongoing 14th MEDays Forum, the pre-eminence of the Moroccan autonomy plan for the southern provinces as the only viable solution to the artificial dispute over the Sahara. Speaking at the panel entitled “Moroccan Sahara: Focus on recent dynamics”, the Managing Partner at […]
Chinese-owned garment manufacturer “Omega Textile Maroc” opened in Casablanca a new facility, the third of its kind in the North African Kingdom, which is attracting more and more investors and businesses. The company, which makes socks and lingerie items, has invested over $7.1 million in the new unit to create 627 new jobs, including 240 […]
Morocco’s leading role in promoting inter-Arab solidarity was highlighted at the Arab League summit in Algiers where light was particularly shed on Rabat’s initiatives to bring assistance to grieved Arab people in Palestine, Yemen and Comoros. Morocco has by the past set up a field hospital in the Syrian refugee camps in Jordan as well […]
Curtain fell on the Arab League summit with a declaration stressing the need for safeguarding the unity and territorial integrity of Arab states. The Arab League urged its members in its final declaration to work together to foster the national security of Arab states in its political, economic, food and energy dimensions, while ensuring a […]
The Arab leaders commended, on Wednesday in Algiers, the continuous efforts made by King Mohammed VI, Chairman of Al-Quds Committee, for the defense of the Holy City of Jerusalem. In the final resolution adopted on the developments of the Palestinian cause, the Arab Summit, held Nov.1-2 in Algeria, hailed the projects carried out by Bayt […]
Morocco on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Capgemini Engineering, a global leader in consulting, digital transformation, technology and engineering services. The MoU provides for the creation of 1,500 jobs in the fields of engineering by 2026. The agreement is set to create 1,500 additional jobs in the engineering sector by 2026, Morocco’s […]
Ethiopia has awarded a Pan-African prize to late King Hassan II of Morocco in recognition of his contributions to the establishment of the African Union and his dedication to the emancipation of Africa and to Pan-Africanism. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed presented the award to the speaker of the Moroccan House of Representative on Tuesday […]
The World Bank team in charge of the supervision mission of the Blue Economy Program, conducted jointly with the Moroccan Ministry of Economy and Finance October 17 to 26, congratulated various partners and the program management unit (PMU) for all the work accomplished. “At the end of the supervision mission, the World Bank team congratulated […]