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Morocco’s Research Institute for Solar Energy & New Energies (IRESEN) and Sherbrooke University of Canada have sealed lately a partnership aimed at boosting their cooperation in renewable energies and energy efficiency. This partnership will enable Moroccan university students and professors to work with their Canadian peers on joint projects in solar energy, photovoltaic energy production, […]
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita who embarked since April 9 on a Gulf tour with messages from King Mohammed VI to the rulers of the Gulf countries continued his tour Thursday with visits to Doha and then to Muscat. After his visit in Doha where he was received by the Emir of Qatar Tamim Bin […]
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Morocco’s long-term foreign-currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BBB-‘ with a stable outlook, praising the country’s macroeconomic stability, its comfortable external buffers and low share of foreign-currency debt in public debt. The credit rating agency projects Morocco’s deficit at 3.7 pc of GDP in 2019 and 3.5 pc in 2020, saying […]
Morocco has convicted a Swiss suspect in connection to the Imlil murders, where two Scandinavian tourists were killed in December 2018 in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains. The Criminal Chamber in charge of terrorism cases at Salé’s appeal court sentenced the Swiss national, named according to press reports Nicholas P., to 10 years in prison for links […]
Morocco’s permanent representative to the United Nations in New York, Omar Hilale, was elected president of the UNICEF board of directors for the year 2019. The election of the Moroccan diplomat, which follows the endorsement by the Group of African States in the United Nations, translates the international community’s trust in the role of Morocco […]
The World Bank unveiled a new plan Thursday to help African countries strengthen their human capital, setting ambitious targets to be achieved in the region by 2023. The objective of the plan is to enable Africa’s young people to grow up with optimal health and equipped with the right skills to compete in the digitizing […]
Mauritanian President Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz made a volt face by declaring an outright support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara making it clear that Rabat and Nouakchott share borders with no entity in between. “There is no state between us” said the President in an interview with Arai Al Yaoum news portal. The statement […]
Ghana has signed a $180 million agreement with Exim Bank of India to finance a drinking water supply project in the northern part of the country. The loan, bearing a 1.5% interest rate, will be repaid over a 25-year period. The money will be invested in drinking water supply projects. The project includes the construction […]
After Algeria’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the world has witnessed the fall of Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir on Thursday. Thousands demonstrators in Khartoum chanted and greeted the news that the country’s strongman of three decades had been placed under house arrest. Troops have also raided Bashir’s Islamic movement, linked to the ruling party, and deployed at key locations […]
The number of Moroccans living in Spain rose 5.4% to 812,412 making up the largest community living in the country, Spanish statistical office said. Moroccan diaspora was the largest diaspora surpassing the 669,434 Romanian citizens, 249,015 Brits and 227,912 Italians. The Spanish population rose to 47 million people, 284,000 more than last year, an increase […]