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Sensing the heat after Morocco scored successive diplomatic victories at the UN, Latin America, Europe and Africa, the Polisario separatist group, supported by Algeria, sent lately a delegation to Berlin in a bid to coax Germany as this country is seeking to obtain the veto rights at the UN Security Council and expand its international […]
The World Bank has approved a $55 million loan to Morocco to enable the country develop youth employability programs in the Marrakesh-Safi region within the frame of a new project destined to provide economic support to youths. This project will combine training for lower skilled youth, support potential entrepreneurs and investments in local businesses in […]
A member of the Tunisian parliament has called on Prime Minister Youssef Chahed to walk away from a trade deal with the European Union (EU) or face execution for treason should the deal go ahead, The New Arab reports. The threat came from Faiçel Tebbini, head of the Farmers’ Voice Party, in connection with a […]
Police in Dublin have launched an investigation into the killing of a Moroccan teenager stabbed to death last week in Dublin, as he was in his way to mosque, Morocco World News reports. An unknown assailant attacked and stabbed Azzam Ragragui to death in the Irish capital, on Friday as the Moroccan young man was […]
Ethiopian Deputy Minister of Water and Irrigation, Frehiwot Woldehanna has announced that the Genale Dawa III hydroelectric dam would be commissioned in the second half of 2019. According to China Gezhouaba Group Company (CGGC, the contractor in charge of the project, the dam will start supplying electricity to the national grid by the second half […]
In Kenya, Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC Group) has pledged to invest about $67 million in the Malindi solar project. The project with an expected capacity of 52 MWp is developed by Malindi Solar Group, an ad hoc company created by an independent power producer [IPP] in the East Africa nation. Earlier this year Jeremy Hunt, […]
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced it has signed last week a €14 million loan agreement with KMR Holding Pédagogique (KMR), a leading pan-african higher education provider, to expand medical training in Morocco and Senegal and increase the number of health professionals in the two countries. KMR will use the financing to set up Morocco’s […]
King Mohammed VI inaugurated Saturday in the Youssoufia neighborhood in Rabat a medical center, built by the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity for a global investment of 63 million dirhams. The hospital, which required a 63 million dirhams investment, translates the King’s resolve to reinforce the health offer via community-based and quality medical services that […]
Morocco’s royal navy rescued 117 migrants on May 10-11 on board dinghies, a military source told national news agency MAP. The migrants were rescued off Morocco’s Mediterranean coast and were taken to the ports of Ksar Sghir and Nador. Morocco came under pressure as the main gate for migrants looking to reach Europe. So far […]
The number of migrants reaching Spain dropped in the last three months thanks to Morocco’s crackdown on migrant trafficking networks, said migration and border control director at Morocco’s Interior Ministry Khalid Zerouali. Some 25,000 migration attempts were foiled between January 1 and May, Zerouali told Reuters in an interview. He denied claims in Spanish media […]