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Morocco has reaffirmed its strong commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the implementation of several eco-friendly inclusive actions and projects. The remarks were by Head of Moroccan Govt Saad Eddine El-Otmani in his address made Monday in Madrid at the 25th UN climate conference gathering world leaders and delegates from nearly 200 countries. Under […]
The EBRD is strengthening the competitiveness of small firms in Tunisia by increasing the availability of funds, with a €5 million loan to Compagnie Internationale de Leasing (CIL). Access to finance and liquidity constrain the growth of many private businesses in the country. Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises are the core of the Tunisian economy, […]
Less than a week after the Spanish Foreign Ministry issued a travel warning recommending not to go to the Polisario-run Tindouf camps, Algiers launched a security alert to the attention of the members of the MINURSO. In a correspondence to the members of the UN mission in the Sahara, the Algerian government warns about the […]
Morocco is taking part in the 25th UN climate change conference (COP25), which opened Monday in Madrid with the participation of world leaders and delegates from nearly 200 countries. The North African Kingdom is represented in the conference, which runs until dec.13, by a large delegation led by Head of Govt Saad Dine El Otmani. […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will support the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) with $183 million to finance the modernization of the electricity grid by injecting renewable energy and strengthen the transmission network in the country. The EBRD funds will facilitate the integration of 1.3 GW of new renewable energy into the […]
Germany will contribute €571 million to the implementation of Morocco’s reforms seeking to improve business and investment climate, update the financial sector and strengthen advanced regionalization. The reform partnership MoU, signed Friday in Berlin, falls in the frame of the G20 Initiative Compact with Africa and aims at developing further the potential of the private […]
France is reconsidering its strategy in the Sahel after it lost 13 French soldiers in a collision of two helicopters on a combat mission this week. French president ordered the review of operations against IS in the Sahel. “Our mission there is important. Nevertheless, the situation we face compels me today to examine all our […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will open next Monday an office in Agadir, said on Thursday the Bank’s Vice-Pdt Alain Pilloux, who is currently on a working visit to Morocco. “I will inaugurate a new EBRD office in Agadir Dec.02, after having opened recently another one in Tangier”, said Mr. Alain Pilloux at […]
Spanish Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, stressed on Thursday that the risk of terror attacks against Spanish nationals in the Tindouf camps in Algeria is “imminent”. “This is a real threat confirmed by the foreign intelligence services operating in the region,” the Spanish minister said in an interview to the private radio station “Cadena Ser”, […]
Morocco has removed and destroyed 96,272 landmines since the launch of a demining process in 1975. These included 49,325 anti-personnel mines and 20,543 bomb remnants, Morocco’s Ambassador to Norway Lamia Radi said. The Ambassador made the statement while speaking at the Fourth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of […]