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Stella Terra, the world’s first solar powered car, has been tested in Morocco. Designed by students from Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands), the lightweight vehicle has completed lately a 1,000 km trip from Northern Morocco to its Sahara without recharging. The test drive showed that the car can drive long distances with stopping at EV […]
Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Spain’s Interior Minister, indicated Monday October 16 the country’s civil guard will step up surveillance operations on the coasts of Senegal and Mauritania in view of curbing illegal migrations from the two African countries. Grande-Marlaska made the announcement following a meeting held in Canary Islands, a Spanish autonomous territory facing waves of arrivals […]
Germany’s announcement last month that it would provide greater support to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in its efforts to secure peace in the region and prevent future crises, suggests that European leaders see the organization as crucial to the future stability of West Africa. The agreement to provide greater financial support […]
Over the past two decades, Africa’s trade partnerships have significantly shifted away from Europe, with Asia emerging as the primary trading partner, a recent analysis by Mo Ibrahim Foundation noted, whereby this development is underpinned by high‑growth corridors both between African regions and with regions beyond including Asia and the Middle East, according to a […]
Morocco and Spain have agreed to mobilize €11.6 million from the Debt Conversion Program to finance reconstruction and rehabilitation projects in the areas hardest hit by the earthquake that struck Al Haouz province on September 8. The announcement of this amount was made during a meeting between Spain’s First Vice-President and Minister of Economy and […]
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office announced on Friday 13 a financial support of up to £1.45 million for Morocco following the devastating earthquake that rattled the region of Al-Haouz on September 8. “The new funding will help address both immediate needs and support longer-term development in the communities most affected, in line with […]
Morocco has been successfully re-elected in the person of Nadia Amal Bernoussi to the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee (HRCAC) for the 2023-2026 term. The members of the Human Rights Council (HRC) conducted the elections during the 54th session of the HRC this October 13, 2023, in Geneva, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in […]
France has begun pulling out its troops from Niger after being ordered out of the West African nation by the military junta that ousted the pro-Paris president in a July coup, the military said Tuesday (10 October). “The first troops have left,” the spokesman of the French chief of staff said, confirming an earlier announcement […]
To offer developing countries an “alternative” to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the EU launched, in 2021, its €300 billion Global Gateway scheme but as Kenya’s case shows, the EU’s initiative struggles to challenge its Chinese rival. For the European Union, investing in trade routes is about economic development and a way to push […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is joining efforts with Moroccan Ministry of Energy Transition & Sustainable Development to accelerate the decarbonization of the electricity sector in Morocco. The two sides signed on Wednesday a MoU on the sidelines of the 2023 Annual Meetings of the World Bank & the International Monetary Fund […]