Headlines Morocco

Australia to open Embassy in Rabat soon

Canberra will soon have an embassy in Rabat in order to strengthen ties with the Kingdom, said Julie Bishop Australia’s Foreign Minister in Marrakech. Bishop made the announcement during a press briefing following talks with her Moroccan peer Salaheddine Mezouar, on the side lines of COP22. We hope that the opening of the embassy will […]

Energy Headlines Morocco

Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power, China’s Chint Group to Build Three Solar Plants in Morocco

The Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) has selected Saudi Arabian power engineering firm ACWA Power and China’s Chint group to set up three solar plants with a total capacity of 70 megawatts as part of the Noor PVI project. With a combined capacity of 170MW, the three photovoltaic projects will help provide electricity with […]

Business Headlines Morocco

Morocco, a Major Export Hub, Says Japanese Paper

Japanese leading financial paper, Nikkei Asian Review, highlighted the attractiveness of Morocco for foreign direct investment thanks to a conducive legal framework, developed infrastructure, skilled workforce and proximity to European markets. “Morocco is emerging as a vibrant hub for numerous industries, with a raft of global manufacturers operating and building factories in the country on […]

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COP22 calls for Highest Political Commitment to Combat Climate Change

The Heads of state, government and delegations taking part at climate Summit COP22 adopted the Marrakech Action Proclamation for our Climate and Sustainable Development, which calls for the highest political commitment to combat climate change, as a matter of urgent priority. The statement calls for reinforcing solidarity with the countries that are most exposed to […]

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COP22: WB & Morocco to establish GGIF for Africa fund to boost green economy in Africa

Morocco and the World Bank Wednesday agreed during the finance summit of the UN conference on climate change (COP22) in Marrakech to launch the “Green Growth Infrastructure Facility for Africa” tasked to spur green economy on the African continent and pull together environment-friendly private and public investments. GGIF for Africa is first true green economy […]

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Africa Action Summit: King Mohamed VI announces creation of African center for climate change control

Bringing together around 30 African heads of states at the Africa Action Summit on the sidelines of the UN Summit on the climate change King Mohamed VI in his speech announced the establishment of a competence center on climate changes in Africa to ponder over hazards caused by global warming. Seven African countries have been […]

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Tunisia: Terror cell planning attacks in Tunis dismantled

Tunisian security authorities announced Wednesday that they busted a terror cell planning terrorist attacks against political figures, media personalities as well security officials. The North Africa country has been since the 2011 revolution haunted by terror groups. The Islamic State group (IS) masterminded three major terror attacks last year in capital Tunis and at resort […]

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Africa Action Summit: King Mohammed VI Stresses Need to Pool Efforts to Fight Climate Change

King Mohammed VI delivered a speech at the opening of the Africa Action Summit, held on November 16 in Marrakech, wherein he reviewed the main challenges facing African countries in their endeavor to address global warming. “By pooling efforts and consolidating cooperation with our strategic partners, I am convinced we can redress the climate injustice […]

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Libya: Sarkozy rejects receiving €50m from Gaddafi to finance the 2007 elections

Former French President and 2017 presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has dismissed claims by French and Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine who underlined that the French politician received 50 million Euros from the former Libyan ruler for his 2007 presidential campaign. Takieddine, in a video-taped interview published by French investigative website Mediapart, repeated that he gave three […]

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BBC to launch six new African language services

The British public broadcaster, BBC, on Wednesday announced that it will launch 11 new language services in 2017 as part of its expansion project on the continent. The new languages will be Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Gujarati, Igbo, Korean, Marathi, Pidgin, Punjabi, Telugu, Tigrinya, and Yoruba. Afaan Oromo and Amharic are widely spoken in Ethiopia with […]