Morocco Eyes $9bn Solar Spend By 2020
Trade Arabia The Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (Masen) is targeting $9 billion in investment by 2020, according to a recent report by the World Future Council. By 2030, Morocco aims to generate 52 percent of its electricity from renewables, including 2 gigawatts...
Holland Parliament Elected Muslim Speaker For First Time
The Siaset Daily Amsterdam: For the first time, the Parliament of Holland elected a Muslim lady from Morocco as its Speaker. Ms. Khadija Arib migrated from Morocco to Holland. She was born in 1960. She is the first Arab lady who would preside of the Second Chamber of...
Sound Buys Stake In Sidi Moktar Licenses Onshore Morocco
Rigzone by Rigzone Staff Mediterranean-focused junior oil and gas firm Sound Energy announced Thursday that it has agreed to buy a 25-percent working interest in three onshore gas permits located in Morocco from Maghreb Petroleum Exploration. The Sidi Moktar Licences...
As ISIS Expands In North Africa, Morocco Faces Rising Threat Of Islamic State Group Terror
International Business Times by Morgan Winsor The terror threat in Morocco is a far cry from war-torn Libya. But experts said Morocco is at risk as ISIS looks to expand on Europe’s doorstep. In this picture, the Old Gate into the Old Town is seen in Marrakesh,...
Labour MP Khadija Arib Is New Chairman Of Dutch Parliament
DutchNews.nl Labour MP Khadija Arib is new chairman of Dutch parliament Politics January 14, 2016. Labour MP Khadija Arib has been elected the new chairman of the Dutch lower chamber of parliament after four voting rounds. Arib won the final vote against VVD...
Morocco’s Aerospace Industry Soars
Blouin News by Michael Lerner in Africa French aerospace firm Daher will open a third manufacturing plant in Morocco next year, L’Usine Nouvelle reported on Monday. The $16.26 million compound will be one of several new additions to come in the near future as...
Morocco And The Arab Spring: A Crisis Averted? – Analysis
Eurasia Review by Malik Ibrahim On December 17, 2010, a provincial official in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia confiscated a merchant’s street cart and sparked one of the most tumultuous eras the Arab world has ever seen. Five years later, the official whose treatment of street...
Europe Turns To Morocco In Paris Attacks Investigation
Reuters Special Reports Charles Platiau A man, carrying a French flag, passes by flowers, candles and messages left in tribute to victims near the Bataclan concert hall, one of the sites of deadly attacks, in Paris, France, November 26, 2015.
Bouhali, One Of The Polisario’s Hawks, In Disgrace
Sahara News by Ali Haidar Mohamed Lamine Bouhali has been ousted from his post as defense minister of the so-called Sahrawi Republic “SADR” by the Polisario leader, Mohamed Abdelaziz, just one month after the holding of the 14th Congress of the Polisario. Mohamed...
Arab Muslim Youths Say IS, Qaeda Distort Islam: Poll
Yahoo News AFP A majority of Arab Muslim youths see the actions of extremists such as the Islamic State group and Al-Qaeda as a perversion of Islam's teachings, according to a new poll. The Zogby Research Services poll of 5,374 young Muslim men and women from the...