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Morocco is set to reach its goals in renewable energy, meet its own demands and become a regional exporter of clean energy to North Africa and Europe, writes Forbes magazine in its latest edition. The North African Kingdom has a total installed generating capacity of about 11,000 MW, 4,030 MW of which is renewables. An […]
A team from the UK Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) visited lately Morocco looking for export opportunities for UK wheat and barley crops. The announcement was made Wednesday by AHDB, a levy board funded by farmers and growers. The visit comes as Morocco experienced in 2022 a tough year due to water shortage, affecting […]
Moroccan women victims of sexual assault filed a lawsuit against Human Rights Watch which issued recently a report that denied their right to seek justice while whitewashing their agressors as “dissidents” targeted by the state. Human Rights Watch has recycled old anti-Moroccan allegations by a group of dissidents, including some who are facing the judiciary […]
Morocco’s unemployment rate dropped to 11.2% in the first half this year, compared with 12.8% a year earlier, the high commission for planning said. From June 2021 to June 2022, the Moroccan economy created 133,000 jobs as the country shakes off dust left by the pandemic which hit most productive sectors. The new jobs were […]
The United States government has commended the important role of King Mohammed VI in consolidating regional stability, security, and prosperity. In a statement issued on the occasion of Throne Day celebrated by Moroccans on July 30, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken extended his best wishes to the Monarch and to the people of Morocco […]
UK start-up Xlinks has chosen Canadian engineering consulting firm WSP to provide technical advisory services for the tendering process for four HVDC converter stations and ancillary works for the Morocco-UK Power Project. WSP will support the procurement process for converter stations in the UK and Morocco, UK grid connection works, connection to the generation assets […]
Morocco and Niger have agreed to strengthen cooperation and exchange experiences in the fight against human trafficking, a serious crime and a grave violation of human rights. The agreement was sealed Monday in Rabat on the occasion of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons. Speaking during the signing ceremony, Moroccan Justice minister Abdellatif Ouahbi […]
Morocco’s trade deficit up to June surged to 150.5 billion dirhams or 14.6 billion dollars as the country sustains a heavy energy bill on the back of soaring commodities prices. The trade gap expanded 48.7% as the domestic economy recovers and demand grows on imports of semi-products and equipment required by the local industry increase. […]
Members of the UN mission in Democratic Republic of Congo(MONUSCO) and UN Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix paid tribute Monday at a ceremony in Goma to the three Moroccan and two Indian peacekeepers killed last week in the eastern region of the country. Last week, deadly demonstrations demanding the departure of the United Nations mission took place […]
A delegation from the Saudi Shura Council, headed by the council’s Chairman Abdullah Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim Al Ash-Sheikh, held separate talks Monday in Rabat with the speakers of the two chambers of the Moroccan Parliament (deputies and advisers) on Morocco’s legislative experience. The talks highlighted by the signing of two Memoranda of Understanding between […]