On the business side, Bloomberg published an article on the Sahara Solar Project initiative which will sketch out plans in 2012 for its first power plant, a 600 million-euro ($800 million) station in Morocco. Desertec, the venture aiming to generate power across the North African desert for Mediterranean-area consumers, needs a few more months of planning for its initial 150-megawatt pilot plant.
Politics
The Peninsula (10/05) – HH the Emir meets ambassadors of Jordan and Morocco
Magharebia (10/04) – Moroccan civil society monitors elections online
Sahara Press Service (10/04) – Freedom of the Press 2011 – Morocco
Economy/Business
Bloomberg (10/05) – Sahara Solar Project to Present First Plant Design in 2012
Reve (10/05) – Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Project in Botswana
The National (10/05) – Profit for Moroccan bank, but much risk
Financial Times (10/04) – Hikma keeps faith with Middle East market
Fierce Pharma (10/04) – Hikma moves into Morocco with $111M deal
Society/Culture
E-Flux (10/05) – The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The New York Times (10/04) – Two Directions for Moroccan Cuisine
BYM News (10/04) – Global Ocean Race : Finally, breeze arrives for the fleet
Sail World (10/04) – Global Ocean Race fleet welcomes the breeze
Pulitzer Center (10/03) – Morocco’s Los Ifninos: Surfing Across Two Cultures
MENA Region
ENPI (10/05) – EU response to the Arab Spring: 350 million euros to face socio-economic challenge and democratic transition
Vanguard (10/04) – UN Security Council : Nigeria unveils agenda
Today’s Zaman (10/04) – Prime Minister Erdoğan and secularism
Morocco in the News – October 5, 2011
Share.
