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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has just adopted the complete, undivided map of Morocco, including its Sahara, following suit to the United States, which made the same move after it recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara provinces. NATO’s move deals another blow to the enemies of the Kingdom’s territorial integrity, comments the news outlet […]
Morocco has given a go-ahead to a 270 MW wind farm in Jbel lahdid near Essaouira for a total cost of 2.8 billion dirhams ($314 million) as part of its plan to promote green energy. To that end a deal was signed between Moroccan energy company Nareva Holding and Italian renewable energy corporation Enel Green […]
Morocco’s liaison office in Tel Aviv will soon open following a visit by a junior foreign ministry delegation to the Israeli capital this week after a landmark US-Israel-Morocco deal. Ofir Gendelman, spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Arab media, published on his twitter account a photo of the headquarter of the liaison office. […]
The European Commission confirmed on Thursday that the European Union-Morocco farm agreement that entered into force on July 19, 2019, has been properly implemented, resulting in real benefits for the Sahara provinces, even in times of the COVID-19 crisis, noting that these provinces have become a real “economic hub” linked to important partners such as […]
Moroccan banks’ impaired loans ratio surged to 8.6% to stand at a record 80 billion dirhams undermining Bank’s profits in 2020, the central bank said in its latest report. The rise of bad loans takes place at a context marked by the impact of the pandemic on economic activity in general and bank loans in […]
A judicial investigation has been opened against former Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cissé and several others by the Bamako prosecutor in the case of an attack on state security, after several Malian figures were arrested on December 21 on suspicion of fomenting a coup d’état. On Thursday, Mali’s office of the public prosecutor announced that […]
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, at a press conference in Moscow following a meeting with his Libyan counterpart, Mohamed Siala, promised to give them maximum support for the peace efforts under way in Libya. During the press conference Lavrov warned against resumption of hostilities in Libya, referring to a recent call to war by east-based strongman […]
The Bayt Mal Al-Quds Acharif Agency seeks to mobilize over $7 million for the projects it plans to implement in 2021. In its annual report, the Morocco-based Agency, stresses that it has programmed several projects amounting to more than $ 7.412 million and covering the sectors of social assistance (29%); protection of cultural and urban […]
The 7.1 billion dirham ($800 million) investments injected by the National Office for Electricity and Potable Water (ONEE) in 2020 made it possible to improve the electrification rate of the rural world to 99.78 % and the rate of drinking water supply to 97.8%. The investments enabled to ensure a normal and regular supply […]
Minister of Justice Mohamed Ben Abdelakder held a meeting, on Wednesday, with judges of the Hebrew Chamber of the Civil Court in Casablanca during which he took note of their proposals and expectations with a view to enhancing the role that the Hebrew Chamber plays under the Moroccan judicial system. During this visit, the […]