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The revenues of the Moroccan state-owned phosphate group OCP reached $2.67 billion in the first quarter of 2022, up from $1.59 billion reported the same period last year. The record results achieved by OCP in 2021 have continued in the first quarter of 2022, driven by strong market conditions and operating efficiencies, says the OCP […]
Several Tunisian personalities on Tuesday announced the creation of the National Authority for the Defense of Rights and Democracy, which seeks to “defend rights and democracy and fight against human rights violations in Tunisia.” The authority’s objectives and working method were presented Tuesday by the constitutive committee at a news conference, reported TAP news agency. […]
Libya’s parliament-appointed prime minister Fathi Bashagha left the capital Tripoli on Tuesday, his office said, hours after his attempt to enter the city led to clashes between rival factions. Clashes erupted earlier on Tuesday as Bashagha arrived to try to take control of government from a rival administration that has refused to cede power. Fighting […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) extends Attijari bank Tunisia a $1.6 million loan to enable pharmaceutical company Teriak enhance productivity and improve energy efficiency. The risk-sharing facility will help Teriak purchase new machinery & equipment and to undertake maintenance work at its Jebel Ouest facility. The funding will complement investment by the […]
The Gambia has renewed its firm support to the Moroccanness of the Sahara and to the Morocco-proposed autonomy initiative. The reaffirmation was made by Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mamadou Tangara, following talks with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita in Rabat Tuesday. “I take this opportunity to reaffirm, without any ambiguity, the support of my […]
Relations between Spain and Morocco are “absolutely important and strategic,” said Tuesday, the Spanish Minister of Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska. “Relations with Morocco are absolutely important, relevant and strategic,” said Grande-Marlaska, who was guest to a program of Spain’s Antena 3 channel. “We are unfailingly fraternal neighbors. We have preserved, we preserve and we will continue […]
The Morocco-proposed autonomy plan was strongly supported as the only solution to the regional dispute over the Sahara during the regional seminar of the Committee of 24 (C24) of the United Nations for the Caribbean, held in Castries, Saint Lucia, this May 11 to 13. During this seminar, several countries representing the different regions of […]
Morocco and Germany have underlined the strength of their partnership and commended the quality and density of financial and technical cooperation between the two countries, while reaffirming their shared desire to strengthen cooperation in all areas of common interest. This came at a meeting held Monday in Rabat between Minister of Economy and Finance, Nadia […]
Morocco plans the setting up of 20 desalination plants by 2030 to deal with water scarcity, water minister Nizar Baraka said. The decision will help free dam water for inner regions, he told a recent panel on water in Marrakech, adding that Morocco currently operates nine desalination plants. Morocco can build on the low cost […]
Fathi Bashagha, one of Libya’s rival two Prime Ministers, has arrived in capital Tripoli three months after his appointment by the country’s legislature amid resistance from his foe Abdulhamid Dbeibeh who has refused to cede power. The press office of the former Interior Minister said Bashagha arrived in the early hours of Tuesday, accompanied by […]