Moroccan F-16 Goes Missing In Yemen
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies WAR & CONFLICT No word on whether pilot ejected from F-16 jet, which was taking part in the Arab coalition's air raids against Houthis. A Moroccan F-16 warplane taking part in a bombing campaign in Yemen led by Saudi Arabia has gone...
EU Finances Morocco’s Noor III Solar Project With $47.2 Million
Photon.info The European Union has granted a 465 million MAD ($47.8 million) loan to the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) for the construction of the 150 MW CSP Noor III solar project, according to Moroccan newspaper Le Matin. EU Commissioner for Energy and...
Circle Oil Makes Discovery In Morocco
Your Project News Circle Oil Plc (AIM: COP), the Middle East and North Africa focused oil and gas exploration, development and production company, is pleased to announce the preliminary results of testing of the well SAH-W1 in the Sebou Permit, onshore Morocco. The...
Morocco Foils Migrants’ Bid To Cross Gibraltar Strait
The Peninsula Morocco's navy on Friday prevented a group of 40 illegal migrants from crossing the Strait of Gibraltar on makeshift boats headed for Spain, the authorities in Tangiers said. The authorities "succeeded in foiling an illegal attempt to emigrate by a group...
Moroccan Government Sues Authors Of Report Accusing It Of Spying
Gulf News Reuters Group says goal was not to accuse, but open global debate on privacy. The Moroccan Interior Ministry has filed a lawsuit against a group behind a report that allegedly accuses the intelligence services of spying on rights activists and journalists,...
Morocco Health Minister Favours Abortion
News 24 AFP Health Minister El Hossein Louardi came out in support of lifting Morocco's ban on abortion, saying women should control their own bodies, in an interview published on Friday. He spoke to the weekly Tel Quel amid a debate sparked by the fact that hundreds...
Arab ‘Brain Drain’ Accelerates After Arab Spring
MIDDLE EAST EYE James Reinl When students from Jordan, Egypt, Qatar and other Arab countries reach the end of their courses at the University of Buffalo, upstate New York, they typically have one question in mind. “I finish my studies soon, how can I stay here? How do...
Western Sahara: Polisario Thinking About Post Abdelaziz Era Rumours Ahead Of Congress
ANSAmed The fourteenth Polisario congress could pave the way for the beginning of the post Mohamed Abdelaziz era, after weeks of rumours speculating on the political demise of the Front's historic leader. Sixty-eight year old Abdelaziz is both secretary general of the...
Hyatt Place Hotel Opens In Taghazout, Morocco
Businesswire Hyatt Place brand continues to expand outside the United States with new location in Africa. Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced the opening of Hyatt Place Taghazout Bay, the first Hyatt Place hotel to open in Africa. The opening of the...
International Fund For Agricultural Development (Rome)
All Africa Morocco: IFAD Reinforces Partnership Against Poverty With New Office in Morocco The Government of the Kingdom of Morocco and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed a host country agreement today in Rome. The opening of a country...