Taqa Morocco 2015 Net Profits Up 20.9pc
Reuters Trade Arabia Taqa Morocco's 2015 net profit attributable to shareholders rose by 20.9 per cent to MD966 million ($97.72 million), the power company said in a statement on Thursday. Owned by Abu Dhabi National Energy Co., Taqa Morocco operates the largest...
Economic Growth After Arab Spring
Arab News Ishac Diwan Five years after the so-called Arab Spring uprisings began, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia have achieved reasonable levels of political stability. Yet economic growth remains tepid, and the International Monetary Fund does not expect the pace...
Agriculture Agreement With Morocco Still Valid; EU Foreign Policy Chief Assures
AfricaNews The European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief has assured Morocco that its agricultural agreements with the bloc remain in force. The assurance comes days after Morocco announced it was severing all ties with the EU following a ruling by the European Court of...
Alabama Trade Mission Targets Opportunities In Spain, Morocco
Alabama News By Dawn Kent Azok Business leaders from across Alabama will be in Europe and Africa next week, seeking new markets for their state-made goods and services. Alabama Department of Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield is leading a trade and business development...
Morocco Joins NATO Interoperability Platform
Defense News By Oscar Nkala GABORONE, Botswana — The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has incorporated the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces into its Interoperability Platform and stepped up military cooperation and special forces training with Egypt, Tunisia and...
UN Chief Ban Wants To Revive Talks To End Western Sahara Conflict
Reuters Voice of America AFRICA U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has said he will try to restart negotiations between Western Sahara's Polisario independence movement and Morocco to resolve their conflict and allow Sahrawi refugees to return. The dispute over the...
Why Canceled Arab League Summit Should Worry Israelis
THE PULSE OF THE MIDDLE EAST The news of Moroccan King Mohammed VI’s decision not to host the 2016 Arab League summit passed under the radar of Israeli politicians and media. Seemingly, it is an internal Arab issue. Why would Israel care that the Moroccan Foreign...
Busted IS Cell Has Biological Attack Plans Against Morocco: Interior Ministry
Xinhuanet Moroccan Interior Ministry said on Thursday that investigations on the busted Islamic State (IS) splinter cell on Feb. 18 revealed that it planned to launch attacks against the country using biological weapons. Morocco's Interior Ministry said last month...
Islamic State-linked Terror Cell Planned ‘Biological’ Attacks In Kingdom: Morocco
The Japan Times WORLD AFP-JIJI Morocco said Thursday that the alleged members of a jihadi cell it arrested in mid-February, including a French national, were plotting to carry out “biological” attacks in the kingdom. “Some of the seized substances (from the suspects)...
Germany Provides EUR 400m In Financing To Morocco’s Noor Midelt Complex
SeeNews Renewables by Mariyana Yaneva German development bank KfW will lend Morocco EUR 400 (USD 438m) to finance the construction of the Noor Midelt solar power complex. Federal Development Minister Gerd Muller and Mustapha Bakkoury from Morocco's agency for solar...