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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) co-finances the repowering of the Koudia Al Baida wind farm in the north of Morocco. The EBRD is providing a senior loan of up to €44 million to the Koudia Al Baida Energy Company S.A., owned by the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN) and EDF Renewables. […]
A Tunisian soldier was killed Monday by smugglers during an altercation near the border with Libya, the Defense ministry has announced, according to media reports. The smugglers and border patrol forces were involved in a shootout at Borj El Khadra, near the border. The soldier died of wounds he sustained during the fight. The smugglers […]
U.S. Collins Aerospace firm, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies Corp., will enhance its presence in Morocco by setting up a regional supply platform in the North African Kingdom wherein the aeronautic industry is thriving. The announcement was made Monday at the Farnborough International Airshow 2022, one of the world’s biggest aerospace events, taking place on […]
President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, said that the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), held in Morocco July 2 to 23, is one of the best editions organized by the African body. “We can only be proud of the excellent CAN organized by the Kingdom of Morocco. This perfect […]
The Speaker of the upper house of the Moroccan parliament, Naama Mayara, stressed from Nouakchott that the promotion of trade is a real avenue for strengthening distinguished relations between Morocco and Mauritania and suggested he setting up of a parliamentary economic forum. The proposal was made during a meeting Sunday with parliamentary groups at the […]
The Airbus Company announced on Monday that Moroccan Royal Air Forces have ordered a fleet of helicopters (H135) for military training missions. The light twin-engine H135, a reference helicopter in the segment, will be used for training pilots to perform a wide array of demanding missions including utility and search and rescue, said the aircraft […]
Morocco and Israel agreed on Monday in Geneva to enhance cooperation ties in intellectual property on the sidelines of the 63rd Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The five-year agreement was inked at WIPO headquarters by Abdelaziz Babqiqi, chief of the Moroccan Industrial and […]
Morocco’s state-owned phosphate OCP Group has provided Rwanda 15,000 tons of Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) in a solidarity move to help farmers of this African country maintain productivity amid a serious global supply shortage, leading to record high fertilizer prices. The announcement of Moroccan donation was made over the weekend by Rwanda’s Minister of Agriculture Gerardine […]
Algeria has been reduced to its real diplomatic size on the African continent as members of the African Union voted for Rwanda as the host of the African Medicines Agency. A new setback that adds to a series of blows for the diplomacy of the ailing military regime. Algeria has sent a delegation led by […]
Wildfires that have been raging over the last couple of days in different forests in northern Morocco have so far destroyed 6600 hectares, while efforts are underway with most blazes coming under control by July 17. The national agency for water resources and forests said the wildfires broke out amid exceptional drought and a heatwave […]