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The gas pipeline agreement that will link Nigeria’s gas wells to Morocco is conducive to reaching energy independence in the whole West African region, Morocco’s Royal Office said in a statement. The statement was issued following a meeting held in Casablanca on Tuesday under the chairmanship of King Mohammed VI. The meeting that was attended […]
Morocco was ranked third in Africa’s fastest growing reinsurance markets in the Africa Reinsurance Pulse 2016, an annual report issued by Schanz, Alms & Company. “Kenya, Nigeria and Morocco are the fastest growing reinsurance markets, driven by the size and diversity of their economies, a young and growing population and advanced regulatory regimes,” says the […]
The Islamic State group (IS) Tuesday said it was behind the suicide bombing of a Coptic church in capital Cairo, perpetrated on Sunday. The group also announced it was determined to continue attacks against polytheism, in reference to Christians. IS fighting Egyptian forces mainly in restive Sinai peninsula has exported its insurgency in capital Cairo […]
British-Algerian journalist Mohamed Tamalt passed away in coma following a hunger strike that he started in July 2006 after being jailed for sharing a poem about the Algerian President on Facebook. Tamalt was handed a two-year jail term on charges of “offending the president” and “defaming a public authority,” accusations that are typical of authoritarian […]
Chinese Polytechnology company, specialized in defense equipment, which has been under fire in Africa and around the world for bribery and money laundering, will build a military and commercial port at the Mauritanian city of N’Diago, sitting on the bank of Senegal River, few miles from the Senegalese city of St. Louis, reports say. The […]
Morocco announced Monday that it was immediately embarking on the second phase of the regularization process of undocumented migrants, in line with the Moroccan exemplary migrants’ integration policy spearheaded by King Mohammed VI. Given the success of the first phase of the regularization campaign that took place in 2014, the King recommended the launch of […]
Sound Energy PLC has won regulatory approval from Moroccan authorities to take control of 75% interest in the Sidi Mokhtar onshore licenses. Sound Energy, the African and European focused upstream gas company, said in a statement that the deal consists of three onshore gas permits (the “Sidi Moktar Licenses”) covering 2,700 square kilometres in the […]
The 16th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival wrapped up with the two main awards going to two Chinese directors. The Festival’s Grand Prix, the Golden Star, was awarded to Zang Qiwu’s “The Donor” while the best director prize went to Wang Xuebo for his film, “Knife in the Clear Water”. “The Donor” sheds […]
After signing a landmark deal to build a pipeline connecting Nigeria’s gas wells to Morocco, King Mohammed VI and Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari stressed the need to accelerate works to build a continental highway between Tangier and Lagos as part of efforts to boost economic integration and cooperation in Africa. In a joint statement issued […]
In a move to ease tension and encourage reconciliation, Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission will air testimonies of the victims of authoritarian rule on TV. The Commission investigates past human rights violations over a 50-year period. It has received so far the testimonies of about 11,000 people. More than 62,000 incidents, including torture and rape, […]