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Morocco’s King congratulates Wydad AC on winning its third CAF Champions League Cup

Morocco’s Wydad AC has won the CAF Champions League Cup after beating Egypt’s Al Ahly 2-0 in Monday’s game played at the Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca. Shortly after the end of the match, King Mohammed VI congratulated, in a phone call, the club’s head coach Walid Regragui and captain Yahya Jebrane. The Sovereign asked […]

Headlines Morocco

Morocco’s DGSN receives African Excellence E-government Award

The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) has won the “African Excellence E-Government Award” that honors the best innovative e-Gov project in the region. The trophy was awarded to the DGSN in recognition of the advanced level of services provided by the new generation of the national electronic identity card (CNIE 2.0). The trophy rewards […]

Energy Headlines Mauritania

Mauritania: Pre-Feasibility Study for green hydrogen project completed

The Mauritanian Ministry of Petroleum, Mines & Energy and Chariot, the Africa focused transitional energy group, announced that the Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) for the large green hydrogen project “Project Nour” in Mauritania has been completed and a Framework Agreement has been signed, mapping out the next phases of development. The PFS confirms that Mauritania is […]

Europe Headlines International Morocco

Sahara: Britain supports Morocco’s efforts for a political solution

The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Rabat, Simon Martin, has reiterated his country’s firm support for Morocco’s efforts, through the autonomy plan, to find a solution to the Sahara conflict, artificially created by the military regime of Algiers. “By supporting United Nations resolutions for 15 years, Great Britain has recognized Morocco’s serious and credible […]

Asia Headlines International Morocco

Morocco to send team of cybersecurity experts to Qatar ahead of 2022 FIFA World Cup

The kingdom of Morocco will deploy to Qatar, ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, a team of cybersecurity experts at the request of the Gulf country for the global event taking place across November and December, local media reported. The news surfaced after the visit Abdellatif Hammouchi, the head of Morocco’s General Directorate for […]

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Turkey, UAE pledge to work for Libya’s stability

Turkey and the UAE vowed to leave aside their differences and work for stability in Libya where both countries back opposing sides and governments. This came during a meeting last Friday in Ankara between the two countries’ foreign ministers, Mevlut Cavusoglu and Abdullah bin Zayed. Turkish-Emirati relations have entered a new stage, the Turkish official […]

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OCP gets greenlight to set up organic fertilizers production & marketing company in Spain

The OCP group announced that it has obtained the Government’s greenlight for the creation in Spain of a company dedicated to the production and marketing of organic fertilizers as well as to research and development in this field. The announcement was made after the publication in the Official Gazette of a decree allowing the Group […]

Headlines Morocco

Morocco: International meeting in Dakhla highlights relevance of Autonomy Plan for Sahara

Several civil society activists and African diplomats have stressed, Saturday in Dakhla, the relevance of the autonomy plan presented by Morocco to end the artificial conflict over the Sahara. This came during an international meeting on Morocco’s autonomy plan, which was organized by the France-based Sahrawi Association of Solidarity for the Autonomy and Sustainable Development […]

Energy Headlines International Morocco

Morocco, Bahrain poised to upgrade cooperation in renewable energy sector

Morocco and Bahrain have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation in the sector of renewable energy, through exchange of expertise, technology transfer, capacity building and the consolidation of public and private investment in the sector. Under the deal that will support the implementation of several initiatives related to renewable energy, […]

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Moroccan entrepreneur unveils first hydrogen-powered car

Franco-Moroccan young man, Faouzi Annajah, has stunned the world as he became the first manufacturer of a car running on hydrogen, the currently much sought-after energy resource. The 29-year-old entrepreneur has unveiled NamX; a SUV car prototype, with the help of several partners including Italian and world renowned design house Pininfarina. The inauguration took place […]