Peugeot Mulls Factory In Morocco
Reuters French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen could announce plans as early as next month to set up a factory in Morocco, a source close to the company said on Friday. The plant, possibly near the city of Kenitra, would have an initial production capacity of around...
3,000 U.S., Allied Troops Launch Crisis Response Drills In Morocco
Air Force Times By Oriana Pawlyk, Staff writer Fighter aircraft and live-fire exercises are just the tip of the spear at this year's African Lion exercise. More than 3,000 U.S. and partner-nation troops have gathered in Morocco for the annual joint force exercise, the...
Morocco Looks Set To Ease But Not Scrap Ban On Abortion
Thomson Reuters Foundation Author: Emma Batha Every day hundreds of Moroccan women and girls put their lives at risk by seeking backstreet abortions or trying to end unwanted pregnancies themselves with needles and poison. Others who give birth in secret discard their...
PSA Plans Factory In Low-Cost Morocco, Report Says
Automotive News Europe PSA/Peugeot-Citroen plans to build a car factory in Morocco as part of an effort to increase its sales in Africa, following in the footsteps of French rival Renault, two people familiar with the matter said. The plant would initially have a...
ACWA Power Closes $2 Billion Financing On 500MW Of Morocco CSP Projects
By Tom Kenning A consortium led by Saudi Arabian power engineering firm ACWA Power, including Spanish technology company Sener, has achieved financial close of the 200MW NOORo II and 150MW NOORo III concentrated solar power (CSP) projects in Morocco. The projects,...
Minister For Middle East and North Africa Visits Morocco
Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Tobias Ellwood MP Mr Tobias Ellwood has made his first official overseas visit since the UK general election, visiting Morocco. Minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Mr Tobias Ellwood, has paid an official visit to Morocco,...
Peugeot Said To Plan Its First Car Factory In Low-Cost Morocco
Bloomberg by Mathieu Rosemain PSA Peugeot Citroen plans to build a car factory in Morocco as part of an effort to increase its sales in Africa, following in the footsteps of French rival Renault SA, two people familiar with the matter said. The plant would initially...
Morocco: A New Royal Tour In Africa For A Win-Win Partnership – OpEd
Eurasia Review Said Temsamani The Moroccan Ministry of Royal Protocol and Chancellery issued a communiquė stating that King Mohammed VI will start on Wednesday working and friendship visits to the Republic of Senegal, the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the Republic of...
Pop Artist Ghita, a Berklee Student, to Open for Maroon 5 at Morocco’s Festival Mawazine Rythmes Du Monde On June 6
PR Newswire Pop artist Ghita, a Berklee College of Music student from Casablanca, Morocco, will open for superstars Maroon 5 at the 14th annual Festival Mawazine Rythmes du Monde in Rabat, Morocco, on Saturday, June 6. The concert is on the closing night of the...
Moroccan Gov’t Rejects Amnesty Torture Accusations Statements On Use Of State Violence
ANSAmed by Diego Minuti Amnesty International and the Moroccan government have been lobbying accusatory statements back and forth on the issue of torture which, according to the human rights organization, is practiced systematically in the North African nation. In its...