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The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, has teamed with Gaia Energy, a Moroccan renewable energy developer, to set up a joint platform for the development of wind power and other renewable energy projects in Africa. Gaia Energy is active in 10 countries across Africa. The new joint platform will start […]
EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker promised to release €55 million from the emergency fund to help Morocco and Spain tackle the rise of illegal migration in the Western Mediterranean. The news came after reports cited that Morocco requested help to address the illegal migration challenge in its north as an increasing number of migrants are […]
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte unveiled Monday from Washington Italy’s plan to host a major conference in Rome to work on stability in the North African country, which has become a major departure point for migrants. “In agreement with President (Donald) Trump, I’m going to organize a conference on Libya,” Conte told reporters at the […]
A survey shows that 75% of West Africa’s MPs support Morocco’s membership in the Economic Community of West African States. The survey conducted by French institutes, Opinions et Région and IPSE, shows that the majority of MPs considered Morocco’s membership as a factor that will strengthen the ECOWAs while the remaining 25% considered the move […]
French President Emmanuel Macron commended the achievements of Morocco under the reign of King Mohammed VI citing notably the Kingdom’s leadership on the global migration agenda. Macron lauded the human dimension underlying Morocco’s migration policy, noting that the 11th World Forum on Migration next December in Marrakech would offer a chance to learn from the […]
King Mohammed VI in his quality as Commander of the faithful is the custodian of the freedom of worship in Morocco, said Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in Washington. Speaking at the State Department’s first-ever “Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom,” Bourita explained that the Commandership of the faithful is an institution that distinguishes the Moroccan religious […]
Chinese workers at GAEA construction company staged a sit-in in Oran to demand the payment of their wages and urged President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to intervene. GAEA has been doing business in Algeria since 2008. It has asked the Algerian development company Chaabane Belazzoug to pay up to $1.6 million, but the company has ignored the […]
Morocco is on its way to become the world’s third largest producer of aluminum wheels as it continues to attract investments by world automotive industry giants. On July 26, China’s Citic Dicastal signed a deal with the Moroccan government to build two plants for auto wheel production in Morocco with an investment of €350 million […]
French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez have called for increased support and cooperation from the European Union (EU) with countries of origin, transit and destination, especially Morocco, to face the migratory challenge. The call came in the joint statement on immigration and asylum signed by Sanchez and Macron, after talks they […]
Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN in New York, Ambassador Omar Hilale was elected vice-president of the Economic and Social Council. The 54-member council, which serves as the principal organ for the socioeconomic and related work of the UN, elected Inga Rhonda King as its new president. The appointment of Omar Hilale vice-president of ECOSOC […]