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The Military Engineering Department has recovered and transported five tons of war remnants that were collected from Tripoli International Airport, al Wasat media reports citing the department. Five tons of mines and remnants of war were collected at the airport, the department said in a statement on Wednesday. The war remnants will be dispose of, […]
Egypt and Russian energy company Rosatom have announced the beginning of construction work of the North African country’s first nuclear plant. The plant is being built at El-Dabaa on the country’s north coast and is expected to have four units, each with a generating capacity of 1,200MW. The project has been in the pipeline since […]
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman, received a phone call from the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday to discuss a host of issues including bilateral relations between their countries and ways to develop them in various fields, the kingdom’s news agency SPA has reported. The two leaders also touched on the most […]
Morocco and Togo have decided to abolish visa requirements for their respective nationals, holders of ordinary passports. An agreement on the visa waiver for the benefit of the Moroccans and the Togolese was signed Thursday in Dakhla following the inauguration of Togo’s Consulate General in the Saharan city. The agreement was initialed by the Togolese […]
The World Bank has warned against the macroeconomic impact of droughts and water scarcity in Morocco wherein economic growth is expected to slow down in 2022 to 1.3 pc from 7.9 pc posted last year. While low rainfall shocks have historically been a driver of macroeconomic volatility in Morocco, droughts tended to be followed by […]
The employers’ unions of Morocco and Mozambique have agreed to set up a joint business council to foster trade exchanges and economic cooperation between the two African countries. The agreement was inked Thursday in Marrakesh by Chakib Alj, President of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM), and Agostinho Zacarias Vuma, Chairman of the Confederation […]
The net flow of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) recorded a 43.6% increase to more than 19.4 billion dirhams at the end of December 2021 compared to a year earlier, the Office des Changes (exchange office) said in its annual report on the balance of payments and the international investment position of Morocco for the year […]
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency announced this Thursday it will fund a feasibility study to transform the power distribution infrastructure in Marrakech into a smart grid. The announcement was made on the sidelines of the 2022 U.S.-Africa Business Summit taking place in Marrakesh. The study will be carried out by Washington-based Africa Climate Solutions […]
Togo joined a list of over 24 countries that have opened a consulate in Laayoune or Dakhla in southern Morocco, reflecting their support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and marking their firm support for the sovereignty of Morocco over its Sahara. The inauguration ceremony, in Dakhla, was chaired by the Togolese and Moroccan Foreign Ministers, Robert […]
Egypt and Serbia inked a group of agreements and Memorandum of Understanding as President Abdelfattah al-Sisi visited the European country Wednesday. Al Sisi met with Aleksandar Vucic in capital Belgrade following a visit to Germany the day before. Both leaders oversaw the signing of several accords. One agreement in the field of higher education was […]