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King Mohammed VI has spearheaded efforts to foster Morocco’s standing as a renewable energy leader and hub in Africa with the launch of large-scale projects aiming to generate 52% of the country’s electricity needs from solar, wind and other renewable sources. In this respect, the King on Thursday chaired a meeting at the Royal Palace […]
The region of Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra in Morocco’s Sahara will receive 17.8 billion dirhams in public investments in 2018, out of a total 57.65 billion dirhams allocated at the national level. The Sahara region ranks first among the other 11 Moroccan regions with 30% of overall investment budget in 2018. After Laayoune, comes the […]
A draft resolution by the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA), drawn up in the context of the approval of the Morocco-EU farm agreement and the extension of tariff preferences to agricultural and fisheries products originating from the Sahara provinces, underlined the important development efforts being made in the Moroccan southern provinces and the […]
A delegation from the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) starts this Monday a visit to Morocco to see first-hand the positive impacts of the Morocco-EU fisheries accord on the population of the southern provinces. Chairman of the Moroccan-EU Joint Parliamentary Committee Abderrahim Atmoun welcomed the MEPs’ visit, saying it is in line with […]
The abundance of sun and wind is increasingly attracting foreign firms to invest in Morocco’s south, the Sahara, as the government set the target of generating 50% of its energy mix out of renewable sources. The recent announcement by Soluna, a New York-based computing company backed by Brookstone Partners, to build a wind-powered center in […]
The European Union and Morocco have reached an agreement on new fisheries deal after five rounds of constructive talks held in Rabat and Brussels. The new agreement, which includes the Moroccan Sahara contrary to the plots hatched by the enemies of Morocco’s territorial integrity, replaces the one that expired on July 14 forcing the European […]
The College of European Commissioners unanimously adopted the exchange of letters covering the Sahara region in the agriculture agreement with Morocco. The decision will be submitted to the vote of the European Parliament after a European Court of Justice decision on the Sahara. Sources from Morocco and the EU said that under the new agreement […]
The United Arab Emirates renewed on Tuesday its support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and condemned the terrorist activities of the Polisario separatist front and the Lebanese Hezbollah party. This came in the minutes of the 5th session of the Morocco-UAE joint committee, held in Abu Dhabi Tuesday under the co-chairmanship of the two […]
The Council of the European Union has given its green light to the European Commission to open negotiations with Morocco on new fisheries agreement, which includes the Moroccan Sahara. The current 4-year accord sealed with the North African Kingdom will expire on 14 July 2018. The EU decision to open talks for the renewal for […]
The US Congress has approved the 2018 Appropriations Bill which- like its 2017 predecessor- allows Morocco to use US aid everywhere in the country, including in the Sahara. In doing so, US lawmakers renew their strong bipartisan support for a negotiated solution to the Sahara dispute, based on autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereignty, and encourage […]