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Morocco plans a gas power plant near Al Wahda dam with a total capacity of 990 megawatts and for a cost of 415 million dollars. State-owned water and electricity utility will offer 20% of the funding while the rest will come from securitization and bank loans, Le Matin daily reported, citing an official financial document. […]
Morocco’s production of tomatoes grew by 17% between 2014 and 2023, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said. Production increased from 1.23 million tons a decade earlier to 1.44 in 2023, it said, noting a drop in some main markets. The EU expects Morocco to remain its main tomato supplier until 2035, due to […]
Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), working on accurate intelligence from the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), successfully foiled an imminent terrorist plot early Sunday morning. The plan, which was in its preparatory stages, involved carrying out explosive attacks. A coordinated operation by DGST special forces, BCIJ officers, the aerial brigade, and the […]
The annual diplomatic charity gala dinner, organized by the embassy of France and the Diplomatic Foundation was held Friday in Rabat under the effective chairmanship of Princess Lalla Hasnaa chaired. The event, held under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI, has become an annual tradition organized at the initiative of the Diplomatic Foundation and […]
Morocco and Mauritania have made a first step towards an electric interconnection between the two countries under the preliminary agreement they signed on Thursday in Rabat. The deal was signed by Moroccan energy minister Leila Benali in Rabat and her Mauritanian counterpart Mohamed Ould Khaled. Under the same agreement, the two parties shall cooperate to […]
The fall of the bloody authoritarian Assad regime has uncovered the depth of relations between the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist group and Iran, with Syria acting as the intermediary, said a report published by the Washington-based think-tank Atlantic Council. Amid the chaos following the fall of Damascus, documents emerged showing correspondence between the Syrian Ministry of […]
Morocco and Mauritania are poised to expand their cooperation in the fields of electricity and renewable energy and to explore the establishment of an electric interconnection between the two countries under a memorandum of understanding signed in Rabat on Thursday. The MoU also provides for intensifying the exchange of expertise in electrical safety, implementing projects […]
Morocco has sounded the alarm on the nexus between separatism and terrorism, making reference to the Algeria-backed Polisario armed militia which has ties with terrorist groups threatening regional peace and stability. Speaking during a debate held at UN Security Council this week, Morocco’s Permanent Representative to UN Omar Hilale warned against the alliance between separatist […]
The Chilean Senate has extended unanimous support to the Autonomy Initiative for the Sahara, put forward by Morocco in 2007 to resolve the dispute over its southern provinces. The Chilean Senate unanimously adopted a resolution in which it “expresses its support for the Moroccan initiative to negotiate an autonomy statute for the Sahara region, which […]
Morocco plans to complete a 115,000-seat stadium in Benslimane near Casablanca in 2027, three years ahead of the World Cup it will co-host together with Spain and Portugal, chairman of the World Cup organizing committee Fouzi Lekjaa said on Wednesday. The stadium is expected to be the largest in the world and would cost up […]