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The French Development Agency (AFD) will extend the Moroccan Electricity and Drinking Water facility (ONEE) a €50 million loan to help it implement a program on the improvement of the performance and resilience of drinking water services in Morocco’s Northern provinces. Under the loan agreement, signed last week in Rabat, the ONEE will enlarge access […]
Seven years after the deadly bomb attack that wrecked the Argana cafe in Djemaa el-Fna square, a popular tourist spot in Marrakech, Morocco was targeted again by extremist “lone wolves” who killed lately two Scandinavian female tourists in the Atlas Mountains. Their horrible crime, which raised serious concerns over tourism sector in the North Africa […]
Morocco’s intelligence agency has helped its German and French counterparts to thwart serious terrorist plots that were targeting the airports of Charles de Gaulle and Stuttgart, according to German ZDF TV Channel. In a TV report, ZDF terrorism expert Elmar Theveßen said the “German and French intelligence services have foiled major terrorist acts that targeted […]
The remains of the two Scandinavian backpackers who were killed near Imlil, in the Atlas Mountains, were repatriated, Friday, to Copenhagen, Denmark’s capital. Several local online media reported that the bodies of the two hikers who were found dead near their tent on Monday, were flown to Denmark Friday. The Norwegian embassy in Rabat confirmed […]
Moroccans from all walks of life have denounced the despicable murder of two Scandinavian women in the Atlas Mountains, expressing their sympathy and solidarity with the families of the victims, Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland. In social media posts, Moroccan NGOs, politicians, intellectuals, artists, sport stars, traders, physicians, teachers, students, street vendors… joined their […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development has unveiled its strategy for Tunisia for the period 2018 to 2023. Through this strategy, the Bank pledges to support competitiveness of Tunisian companies by opening markets and strengthening governance. The EBRD country strategy also seeks to promote economic inclusion for women, young people and populations living in […]
Only three months after the launch of the Africa–Europe Alliance, the European Commission presented the first progress made in boosting investment and creating jobs in Africa at the High-Level Forum Africa-Europe held in Vienna, Tuesday. The Forum was hosted jointly by Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, as EU President, and Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda and […]
Morocco, France, Spain and Belgium have just set up a joint security cell, tasked with foiling any terrorist attacks during the year’s end holiday season. According to local daily Al Ahdath Al Maghribia, which is reporting the news this Monday, the joint security cell is already operational and works around the clock. The daily, quoting […]
Pope Francis hailed on Sunday the Marrakech Pact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration adopted last week, expressing hope that the global pact would help to better handle migration flows and incite the international community to assume its responsibility towards those forced to flee their homes. “The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, […]
Just few days after Morocco hosted the intergovernmental conference that adopted the Marrakech Pact, the ground-breaking UN-led global agreement on migration, the European Union has renewed its support for Morocco’s migration-related policy and efforts. The EU said in a statement that it is intensifying its support to Morocco to address irregular migration in response to […]