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UK-based Helispeed company, specializing in pilot supply services, training and aircraft management, has sealed a 12-month deal with Moroccan-based Heliconia Aero Solutions to provide it with qualified helicopter pilots. These pilots will enable Heliconia Aero Solutions offer its customers, associated organizations and individuals safe, reliable and effective helicopter solutions. The Marrakesh-headquartered aviation firm utilizes its […]
King Mohammed VI hosted Tuesday an iftar, a fast breaking meal, in honor of President Trump’s son-in law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, Moroccan News Channel Al Oula reported. Earlier, the Sovereign held talks with Jared Kushner on strengthening the long-standing, strong and multidimensional strategic partnership between Morocco and the United States, as well as […]
Morocco’s football association (FRMF) has raised concerns over attacks on its football teams, including the national team, noting that several African countries have been using referees to sabotage the country’s dominance on the continent. FRMF’s spokesman Mohamed Maqrouf, in a statement to local media Al Akhbar, brought up the recent chaotic referee decisions experienced by […]
The authorities of the countries in the Sahel should not stay in the comfort zone of thinking Barkhane (French forces) is behind them, France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian warned G5-Sahel leaders on Tuesday. Le Drian who was speaking to a parliamentary foreign affairs committee on Tuesday warned West African states against relying on French […]
In Senegal, renewable power generation company, Lekela, has announced that the first turbine has been delivered for the construction of a 158,7MW wind farm. The project dubbed Parc Eolien Taiba N’Diaye (PETN) will be made up of 46 turbines. According to Lekela’s Managing Director, Massaer Cissé, it won’t be long until PETN will […]
Guinea’s Minister of Justice has resigned from his position in protest against President Alpha Conde’s alleged plans to run for a third term after his current tenure ends in 2020. Cheick Sako, in a letter to President Conde, pinned his resignation on his personal stance against a constitutional amendment that will allow the former opposition […]
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) made a positive assessment of the results of its seven-year long partnership with the Moroccan parliament lauding in particular the progress achieved in strengthening democratic governance. PACE also stresses in a resolution on Morocco the need for authorities “to pursue and take ownership of the reforms […]
The consortium that won the bid to build Noor Midelt 1, a 800 MW solar plant, has signed with Spain’s TSK to start works in late 2019. The consortium composed of French EDF Renewables, UAE’s Masdar and Morocco’s Green of Africa said that the plant will be operational by 2022. Noor Midelt 1, worth $780 […]
Security authorities in France have arrested four people including a young Algerian man deemed the main suspect in the letter-bomb attack last week in Lyon, south-eastern France, which wounded 13 people. A 24-year old computer science student from Algeria has been identified as the main suspect for the blast on Friday afternoon, in front a […]
Egyptian President Fattah al-Sisi has asked the Sudanese Transitional Military Council (TMC) to distance itself from Islamists who formed the bacon of support for former ruler Omar al Bachir. This came during the meeting TMC leader Abdelfattah Burhan held in Cairo Sunday with President al-Sisi as talks for the formation of a Sudanese transition council […]