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Morocco showcased its expertise and know-how in water resources management, as well as its response to the growing challenges posed by climate change and water scarcity, during the 8th India Water Week, held in New Delhi. Speaking at a country session, Omar Chafki, Director of the Bouregreg and Chaouia Water Basin Agency and head of […]
Morocco and China signed, on Wednesday in Rabat, a memorandum of understanding establishing an executive program for cooperation in the field of water resources, covering the period 2025-2027. The executive program provides for exchange of experiences, strengthening human and institutional capacities, drafting cooperation projects, and coordinating the implementation of special training programs in the water […]
Canada’s Falcon Energy Materials said it signed a technical and strategic partnership with China’s Hensen to set up an anodes plant in Morocco to produce coated spherical purified graphite, a key electric battery component. Under this partnership, Hensen and Falcon will collaborate to develop a process flow sheet to produce coated spherical purified graphite as […]
Kenya’s High Court has temporarily blocked a proposed 30-year lease deal that would have given India’s Adani Group control over the country’s main airport. The Law Society of Kenya and the Kenya Human Rights Commission jointly filed an application arguing that the country could independently fund the $1.85 billion airport upgrade. The petitioners claim the […]
Morocco’s Parliament is hosting this September 10-11 the proceedings of the 52nd Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC). In an opening address, Secretary General of the OIC Parliamentary Union, Muhammad Qureshi Nias, hailed Morocco’s interest in strengthening Islamic cooperation under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, […]
After years of recurrent power cuts, Namibia seems to have taken renewable energies seriously, turning to Chinese firms for help with the country’s largest solar plant. In this respect, a deal was signed by state-owned power utility Nampower and two Chinese firms – Jiangxi International Economic and Technical Cooperation Co. Ltd and Chint New Energy […]
Morocco will offer a financial aid to China’s textile giant Sunrise Group worth 410 million dollars, to help fund an industrial project that would employ 11,000 people. The news came following a visit by Akhannouch- who was in China to attend an Africa summit- to a Sunrise factory where he met officials from the Chinese […]
Director General of Morocco’s National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, took part in the 8th INTERPOL meeting of police chiefs of the Middle East and North Africa region, held at INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon September 3-4. This meeting allowed the Kingdom’s national security services to highlight their experience in combating new forms of crime […]
The Moroccan Government reaffirmed on Thursday in Beijing steadfast commitment to advancing and strengthening further partnership between African countries and China for shared prosperity and inclusive growth unleashing Africa’s full potentials. Addressing the China-Africa cooperation summit 2024 convening in Beijing (Sept.4-6), Morocco’s Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, who is representing King Mohammed VI at this event, […]
Mali military rulers have sealed a military partnership with China amid heightened tension with the feckless neighboring Algerian regime, accused by Bamako of interfering in its domestic affairs and supporting terrorist groups threating its stability. Under an agreement signed in Beijing on the sidelines of the ongoing China-Africa cooperation forum, China will provide the West […]