Oil Companies Step Up Drilling Efforts In Morocco
The Worldfolio Attracted by stability and the highly attractive fiscal scheme, IOCs such as Repsol, Chevron, BP and Genel are betting big on one of the last remaining frontiers in North Africa. Since 1956 oil companies have drilled more than 300 wells in Morocco; but...
Maghreb News 2015-01-21
Magharebia Security | 2015-01-21 Algeria thwarts plans to attack oil installations On the two-year anniversary of the deadly terrorist operation at the Tiguentourine gas plant, Algeria is boosting security. Politics | 2015-01-21 Libyans debate constitution Despite the...
‘Exodus’ Film Sparks Morocco Free Speech Debate
By Siham Ali in Rabat for Magharebia Moroccans are expressing concern over censorship in the name of conservative ideology. Morocco required an edit to the film "Exodus", stirring up a fresh debate over civil liberties under the Islamist-led government. The film was...
Moroccan Cyber-Jihadist Faces Trial In France
Magharebia Crime & Justice French prosecutors on Tuesday (January 20th) requested a six-year prison sentence for a Moroccan cyber-jihadist, Au Fait Maroc reported. Fahd Jobrani, 36, is accused of plotting a terrorist attack in the kingdom. In a 2011 web forum...
Maghreb News 2015-01-20
Magharebia Security | 2015-01-20 Libya declares partial ceasefire The UN-sponsored dialogue between Libya's warring factions is seen as a last-ditch effort to establish a state. Security | 2015-01-20 Tunisians commemorate revolution Four years later, protestors take...
Morocco’s Cement Demand Falls 5.4% In 2014
International Cement Review By ICR Newsroom The fall in Morocco’s cement consumption declined by 5.4 per cent, following a 6.3 per cent reduction in 2013, according to the Moroccan Economics and Finance Ministry (DEPF). The positive trend is attributed to good sales...
Madrid Distances Itself From The Polisario
Sahara News Ali Haidar The leaders of the Polisario Front do not hide their disappointment as Spain is increasingly distancing itself from their claims in the Western Sahara conflict. The Polisario’s disarray is compounded by the admission of Spain as a non-permanent...
Egypt’s El-Sisi Expresses ‘Appreciation’ For Moroccan Relations
Ahram Online Diplomatic efforts seem to have reduced recent tensions between Rabat and Cairo. Egypt's president has reiterated the importance of Egyptian-Moroccan relations, state news agency MENA reported, as tensions between the two states seem to have subsided. In...
Why The World’s Most Intelligent People Shouldn’t Be So Afraid Of Artificial Intelligence
Washington Post Tesla Motors chief executive Elon Musk has warned repeatedly about the perils of artificial intelligence, calling it an “existential threat” to humanity. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters) Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and a number of other tech luminaries from MIT,...
Morocco Predicts Economic Rebound In 2015
AP Morocco will experience strong economic growth in 2015 based on expectation of a bountiful harvest and the drop in oil prices, authorities said Tuesday. Ahmed Lahlimi Alami, the high planning commissioner, told journalists that growth was expected to be 4.8 percent...