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Egypt has reaffirmed that safeguarding the nation’s water security remains a foremost national priority, while calling for collaboration and shared prosperity with all Nile Basin states. Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hani Sewilam underscored on August 14 that Egypt’s water interests and its neighbors’ development ambitions are compatible, provided […]
The World Bank has approved a $350 million results-based financing program to support Morocco implement its National Program for Drinking Water Supply and Irrigation (PNAEPI 2020-2027) in the framework of the 30-year National Water Plan (PNE, 2020-2050). Launched in 2020, PNAEPI aims to improve water security by accelerating investments in the sector and strengthening the […]
King Mohammed VI directed the government to speed up water security projects with the increase of the budget allocated to a water supply program to 143 billion dirhams ($ 14 bln). This came in a Royal palace statement following a briefing during which water minister Nizar Baraka gave the broadlines on the progress of the […]
Morocco will build a second desalination plant in its Saharan city of Laayoune to meet the water needs of the local inhabitants over the ten coming years. The 600 L/s plant will be operation before end of 2021, announced lately Abderrahim Hafidi, Head of Morocco’s state-owned electricity & water facility (ONEEP) during the meeting of […]
The Moroccan government has decided to set up a ministerial commission tasked with drawing up a new strategy aimed at ensuring the country’s water security. The creation of this ad-hoc commission was ordered by King Mohammed VI. Thus, “the issue of water has became a priority and strategic matter for the government”, said Thursday Prime […]