EU Seeks To Develop Close Ties With Morocco
KUNA Morocco is an important partner for the EU, which plays a key role in the Euro-Mediterranean area and the Africa-EU Partnership. The EU wants to continue to develop a strong bilateral relationship with Morocco, based on shared values, mutual respect and...
Morocco’s Central Bank Cuts Benchmark Interest Rate In A Historic Move
Reuters By Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate on Tuesday to 2.5 percent from 2.75 percent, the second rate cut in three months, as rulers in the North African kingdom feel confident after the drop in global oil prices. The bank...
Morocco Anti-Poverty Project Needs Improvement
By Siham Ali for Magharebia in Rabat The monitoring centre for Morocco’s National Human Development Initiative says more should be done to target beneficiaries. Nearly ten years after Morocco launched a project to fight poverty and social exclusion, the report card is...
GDF Live At 301MW Tarfaya
REnews GDF Suez has kicked off commercial operations at the 301MW Tarfaya wind farm in Morocco. The facility on the country’s southern Atlantic coast is Africa's largest wind farm to date and features 131 Siemens 2.3MW turbines covering 8900 hectares. Construction...
Maghreb news 2014-12-15
Magharebia Diplomacy | 2014-12-15 Algeria presses for Libya dialogue Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra is working to effect a peaceful end to the Libya crisis. Terrorism | 2014-12-15 Top jihadist leader killed in Sahel A senior lieutenant of Algerian jihadist...
Morocco Hosts Global Security Summit
Magharebia Marrakech will host the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) on Monday (December 15th), MAP reported. The international organisation is launching a new working group on foreign terrorist fighters. The two-day Moroccan event brings together senior officials...
Mali: 4 Al-Qaida Linked Militants Swapped For French Hostage
Christophe Ena/AP Mali says it freed four militants with links to al-Qaida in exchange for securing the release earlier this week of French hostage Serge Lazarevic. The African country's justice minister, Mohamed Ali Bathily, speaking to France24, said that the deal...
New Morocco-Algeria Tension Looms Large
Gulf News Dark clouds are looming large over Algeria and Morocco as the two North African neighbours are locked in a new bitter stand-off and their already shaken relations are inexorably deteriorating. On Thursday, the Moroccan government accused Algeria of being...
Saudi To Build Africa’s Tallest Skyscraper In Morocco
Standard Digital by AFP A Saudi investor is to build Africa's tallest building in Morocco, with construction of the 114-storey tower to begin in June, the project's manager said on Friday. The skyscraper in Casablanca will be 540 metres (1,782 feet) high, taller than...
Maghreb news 2014-12-12
Magharebia Security | 2014-12-12 African experts discuss security threats Algeria is pushing for a world-wide ban on ransom payments to terror groups. Terrorism | 2014-12-12 Tunisian jihadist threatens homeland In an audio recording from Syria, a Tunisian terrorist...