HM The King Inaugurates Multipurpose Terminal Of Jorf Lasfar Port, Worth MAD 434m
Moulay Abdellah Commune (Province of El Jadida), (MAP) - HM King Mohammed VI inaugurated, on Thursday in the rural commune of Moulay Abdellah (province of El Jadida), the multipurpose terminal of Jorf Lasfar port, worth 434 million dirhams. - The new terminal will...
HM The King Inaugurates ‘Bunge Maroc Phosphore’ Plant
Rabat - HM King Mohammed VI inaugurated on Thursday the new plant «Bunge Maroc Phosphore» to produce phosphoric acid and phosphate fertilizers in the industrial platform of Jorf Lasfar, completed for a total cost of 2.7 billion dirhams. - HM the King enquires...
Morocco Set To Bolster Fertilizers Production Through Partnerships With Brazilian And Turkish Groups
Rabat - Morocco's state-owned phosphates company, Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP), is set to bolster its production and partnerships by reinforcing cooperation with leading international fertilizers distributers such as Brazil’s Bunge and Turkish Holding Toros...
Allen & Overy seals two deals for Kingdom of Morocco
By James Swift Allen & Overy (A&O) has landed roles acting for the Kingdom of Morocco on two multi-billion dollar deals since launching its office in Casablanca in September. In the first deal, which was signed on 24 November, A&O advised the Kingdom of...
New Qaeda spin-off threatens West Africa
BAMAKO, Dec 22, 2011 (AFP) - An Al-Qaeda offshoot that claimed the abduction of three Europeans in Algeria is threatening to spread jihad beyond North African deserts and establish a foothold in sub-Saharan West Africa. Some analysts believe the new group is a black...
Arab poll results and the way forward
Common Ground News Service by Saliba Sarsar West Long Branch, New Jersey - People across the globe are trying to comprehend the significance of what is happening in the Middle East, particularly in terms of what people on the ground are thinking. This is particularly...
As North African leaders fall in quick succession there is a reawakening of Islamist ambitions in Algeria
Algeria 2011 has seen a number of long-standing North African leaders fall in quick succession. In this new political landscape, Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, now in his third term, has become something of an oddity. And after parliamentary elections in...
Rouen Weekly Grain Shipments Slip 19% on Lack of Cuba Cargoes
By Rudy Ruitenberg Grain exports from the French port of Rouen, Europe’s biggest cereal-shipping hub, fell 19 percent in the week ended yesterday as deliveries to Cuba and sub- Saharan Africaweren’t repeated. Outbound grain amounted to 160,573 metric tons from Dec. 15...
Morocco Praises GCC Decision to Set up a Development Fund
Bahrain News Agency Rabat, Dec. 22. (BNA) – The Moroccan government has praised the deep-rooted Moroccan-GCC ties and welcomed the decision taken during the 32nd Summit of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council, concluded last Tuesday in Riyadh, to set up...
Artist of the week 169: Yto Barrada
A Tangier-based photographer and video artist who charts the struggles going on behind the scenes in tourist mecca Morocco Metal work … Yto Barrada's Palm Sign (2010). Click for the full image. Photograph: Tate Modern Skye Sherwin guardian.co.uk Morocco's mystique is...