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A new liquefied natural gas project near Senegal and Mauritania’s coastlines may only be 80% complete, but the prospect of a new energy supplier has already drawn visits from several European leaders, scrambling to secure alternative sources after Moscow has reduced natural gas flows to EU countries. While Africa’s natural gas reserves are vast and […]
Norwegian company “Empower New Energy” has won a $2 million contract to equip four poultry plants of Zalar Holding with solar photovoltaic panels for the production of electricity. The project is developed in partnership with the experienced Moroccan renewable energy company – JET Energy. It is expected to generate 3800 MWh per year. This will […]
The United States ordered Saturday the departure of its non-essential personnel from its embassy in Ethiopia, where fighting has redoubled this week in the north of the country between government forces and Tigrayan rebels who threaten to march on the capital. The decision was taken “due to the armed conflict, civil unrest and possible shortages,” […]
Norway and the Netherlands have contributed $2.5 million in a fish farming project launched Thursday in Morocco. The project is meant to promote aquaculture industry, techniques and skills in Morocco. It is supported by the UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), Moroccan fisheries Department and the National Aquaculture Development Agency. The project, which is in […]
Morocco has removed and destroyed 96,272 landmines since the launch of a demining process in 1975. These included 49,325 anti-personnel mines and 20,543 bomb remnants, Morocco’s Ambassador to Norway Lamia Radi said. The Ambassador made the statement while speaking at the Fourth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of […]
Morocco is taking part in the sixth Our Ocean Conference held in Oslo, Norway Oct.23-24 that is highlighting the importance of knowledge as the basis for countries’ actions and policies to ensure protection of our ocean, responsible management of marine resources and sustainable future economic growth. The conference, bringing together government officials, and leaders from […]
The Norwegian government will provide Gabon with $150 million to fight deforestation, according to the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI). Gabon which is almost 90 percent covered by forest will use the funds, to be disbursed over 10 years, to “both reducing its greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and degradation, and absorption of carbon dioxide […]
A delegation of elected representatives from Morocco’s southern provinces conferred on Tuesday in Oslo with officials from the Norwegian ministry of Foreign Affairs and members of the Parliament on latest developments of the Moroccan Sahara issue. During the meetings, held in presence of Moroccan ambassador to Norway Lamia Radi, the Sahrawi delegation focused on the […]
The two Norwegian students expelled lately from Morocco were “deliberately” sent back to the Kingdom to provoke an incident, catch the attention and stir the emotion of the Norwegian people, says a press release issued by the Moroccan Embassy in Oslo. Following the news published by Norwegian newspapers on the arrest and deportation of two […]
A group of more than 110 Danish tourists have returned to the scene of the murder of the two Scandinavian hikers that was perpetrated in Imlil last December with the aim to show the world that Morocco is a moderate country, open to other religions. On December 17, the mountainous locality of Imlil was shaken […]