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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted Morocco this week a 75 million loan destined to help the North African country carry out projects aimed at increasing the capacity of the water production & distribution and improving sanitation networks. This financing operation backs Morocco’s 2012-2016 national strategy to provide the population with fair access to […]
UN Climate Change Convention Framework indicated last week that Mauritanian submitted a plan worth $17 billion for the fight against climate change and reduction of CO2 pollution. The submitted plan focuses on the reduction of GES production by 22.3% by 2030 and it also lays focus on the CO2, le CH4 and N2O. The government’s […]
Recovering from two deadly terrorist attacks, Tunisia looks to play a leading role in the fight against terrorism around the world. Prime Minister Essid Tuesday in New York announced his country’s willingness to participate in the international fight against terrorist groups around the world. “Presently Tunisia examines the fields of contribution to the international coalition. […]
Libyan Peace settlement final roadmap will be adopted in New York according to diplomats close to the Dialogue who also indicated that the Dialogue protagonists are expected to attend the UN General Assembly Thursday and Friday. A western diplomat indicated that the House of Representatives (HoR) in Tobruk, the General National Congress in Tripoli and […]
Morocco, a major ally of Washington and Western powers in North Africa, has laid out in New York its proactive strategy mapped out to fight terrorism which is threatening the peace and stability of the region and of the whole world. Addressing the 6th ministerial meeting of the Global Counter-terrorism Forum (GCTF,) convened over the […]
US President Barack Obama Monday admitted the western coalition made a mistake intervening in Libya as the aftermath left the country with no leadership. Obama indicated that no one could predict the removal the former tyrant ruler Gaddafi could pit the country into chaos and the leave it at the mercy of terrorist organisations. “Even […]
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi in an address told the General Assembly on Monday that finding a solution to the Palestine-Israel conflict will bring peace in the Middle East region and end terrorism. Al-Sissi called on resolving the conflict and empowering the Palestinians towards self-determination and “an independent state within the border of 4th June […]
Morocco will take over the chairmanship of the United Nations Climate Change Conference from France which is hosting the COP21 from November 30 to December 11. The announcement was made by French President François Hollande during his official visit to Morocco earlier this month. “I will receive H.M. King Mohammed VI on the occasion of […]
Egyptian tourism professionals pin high hopes on campaigns to revitalize the sector which has been badly hit by repeated terror attacks that scared off foreign tourists. In 2014, nearly 10 million tourists visited the North African country, bringing with them $ 7.5 billion in revenues against the 14.7 million tourists that visited Egypt in 2010, […]
Moroccan Minister of tourism, Lahcen Haddad, Friday unveiled a three-year strategic plan aiming to attract 100,000 Chinese tourists by 2018. Morocco is seeking to attract a tiny slice of the 100 million Chinese tourists touring the world every year. According to the Tourism Minister, the figure of 100,000 tourists is indeed tiny but is reasonable […]