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USAID chief Samantha Power has announced the launch of a new initiative destined to help Moroccan vulnerable cooperatives and entrepreneurs in rural areas adapt to climate change, grow their economic activities, and build resilience to climate shocks and water scarcity. The announcement of the new Cooperative Resilience Program was made by Smantha at the Mohammed […]
Blaming Morocco for self-inflicted troubles has become a national sports among members of the Algerian regime. This time, an obscure Algerian Minister Taha Derbal has accused Morocco of drying up Algeria’s west, where nearly 1.7 million have suffered days of water outages. Algeria has pinned the blame on Morocco previously for climate-induced wild fires, shortages […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, delivered, on Friday, a speech to the Parliament on the occasion of the opening of the first session of the second legislative year of the 11th legislature. Full text of the Royal Speech: “Praise be to God, May peace and blessings be upon […]
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 […]
Nearly 9 out of 10 children in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region live in areas of high or extremely high water stress with serious consequences on their health, nutrition, cognitive development and future livelihoods, says the UNICEF. In its latest report titled: “Running Dry: the impact of water scarcity on children in […]
Algeria’s long queues seem to be there to stay fueling the wrath of a people that has suffered in recent days from a liquidity crisis, inflation as well as shortages of cooking oil and milk among other vital goods. In Algiers, which is ironically better-off compared to hard-to- reach regions, residents had to spend four […]
At least three people were killed and several others were wounded on Monday, June 15 in Tinzaouatine, province of Tamanrasset, by elements of the Algerian gendarmerie during a demonstration, reported France-based website Sahel Intelligence. The demonstration was staged to protest the daily water quotas imposed on the population. The security forces intervened brutally to quell […]
King Mohammed VI gave instructions to the concerned departments to launch the construction of dams of different sizes across the country to secure to the inhabitants of the Kingdom’s various regions drinking water, as well as irrigation water and livestock watering. The decision was announced by the Sovereign at a meeting on water issues he […]
The Food and Agriculture Agency of the UN (FAO) called for the adoption of immediate response to the dangers that may result from the rapidly depleting fresh water in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The Head of the UN agency Jose Graziano da Silva said in a press release following a visit to […]