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Queen Letizia of Spain and Princess Lalla Meryem, Chairwoman of the National Observatory of the Child’s Rights (ONDE), visited on Thursday the second chance school” in Salé, l’École Nationale de Cirque Shems’Y, considered as a lever for inclusion and social justice for equitable development. During the visit, ONDE executive director Lamia Bazir made a presentation […]
In power since 1999, Abdelaziz Bouteflika suffered a stroke in 2013 that affected his ability to walk and to speak. Nailed in a wheelchair, he has hardly made any public appearances since then. Despite his poor health condition, the official news agency APS announced that Bouteflika would run for a fifth term in the presidential […]
King Mohammed VI and King Felipe VI who is currently paying an official visit to Morocco are both determined to make of the relationship between their two countries an example of a strong and innovative North-South partnership for the well-being of both peoples. The two Monarchs are also both resolved to have their countries contribute […]
Le Piston, a French company manufacturing airplane and helicopter parts, will set up its second plant in Morocco for a total investment of €5 million, Moroccan media said. The plant will be built in Casablanca over 4000 square meters and will produce parts that range up to 1.20 meters, Le Piston President said. The new […]
Morocco and Spain are on way to further diversify their bilateral partnership with the signing of eleven cooperation agreements in different fields. The agreements were signed at a ceremony in Rabat chaired by King Mohammed VI, his Son Crown Prince Moulay Hassan and King Felipe VI of Spain, who arrived earlier in the afternoon on […]
Algerian Electricity and Gas Regulatory Commission (CREG) has revealed that fraud on energy installations, unlawful connections to the power grid in particular, caused the loss of 11 billion Algerian dinars ($92,500,731) to the Electricity and Gas Distribution Company (SDC) in 2018. According to the commission’s figures, 2,430.5 MWh of electricity were trafficked over the past […]
Lekela Power, a pan-African renewable energy generation company, has sealed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Co (EETC) for its 250-MW wind farm in the Gulf of Suez. The wind farm will be installed near Ras Ghareb and is slated for commissioning in 2021, reports indicated on Wednesday. Once operational, the […]
Enel Green Power RSA has begun construction of a 140 MW wind farm, in the Amatole District in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. In a statement released on Tuesday, the company said the project will require an overall investment of $226 million and is expected to generate over 460 GWh annually once fully operational. The […]
UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has said it allowed a US airstrike on al Qaeda fighters in the southern city of Ubari. The raid, according to spokesman for GNA leader Faiez Serraj, hit Wednesday a number of fighters of the terror group near Ubari, 900 km south of Tripoli. “This joint work between the […]
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Wednesday dismissed national police Chief Mustapha Lahbiri and named the former Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra, as his diplomatic adviser. A statement from the interior ministry said the President has appointed Abdelkader Kara Bouhadba, director of the judicial police, in replacement of Lakhdar Lahbiri. Lakhdar Lahbiri took over in June last year […]