€35m To Boost Hydropower In Morocco
Energy Live News Jacqueline Echevarria Morocco will receive an investment worth €35 million (£24.8m) to boost the hydropower sector in the country. The Office National de l’Electricite et de l’Eau Potable (ONEE) will use the cash to finance 12 small and medium-sized...
King Mohammed VI Pledges To Turn The Moroccan Sahara Into African Hub
Standard Newswire Contact: K. Drawi On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the famous Green March, HM King Mohammed VI, on Friday, November 6, 2015 paid an historic visit to the Southern Provinces. As the Royal procession crossed the city's avenues, the...
Over 30,000 Saharawis Call In A Sit-In In Laayoune MINURSO To Leave The Territory
By African Bulletin More than 30,000 Saharawis have gathered in front of the United Nations Mission for the Organization of the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) based in Laayoune, and called on the UN mission to leave the territory. The sit-in coincided with the...
Morocco King In Rare Visit To Disputed Western Sahara
Digital Journal By AFP Tarfaya - Morocco's King Mohammed VI has vowed that revenues from the mineral-rich Western Sahara will continue to be invested locally, on a rare visit to the disputed territory. He was speaking late Friday in the territory's main city Laayoune,...
Moroccan King Visits Contested Western Sahara To Mark 40th Anniversary Since Annexation
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT Morocco's King Mohammed VI right, and his brother Prince Moulay Rachid, begin a campaign to promote Morocco's decentralization plan and boost investment in Laayoune, the capital of disputed territories of the Western Sahara, Saturday, Nov....
HM The King Calls For Radical Break With Manner In Which Sahara Issues Have Been Handled
MAP Royal speech from Laayoune (Southern Morocco) "Today, 40 years after the Green March, and regardless of the advantages and the downsides, we want to make a radical break with the manner in which Sahara issues have been dealt with so far: a break with the rentier...
Vegetable Imports Led By Morocco, Israel, Egypt
www.freshfruitportal.com Reduced tomato and onion volumes were largely responsible for total vegetable imports into the European Union (EU) dropping 5% year-on-year during the first half of 2015. Spain’s Federation of Fruit, Vegetable, Flower and Live Plant Grower...
Hope For The Western Sahara
The National Interest by Ahmed Charai The legendary Sahara covers a vast stretch of northern Africa, and includes a 100,000-mile expanse that is the southern half of my homeland, the Kingdom of Morocco. Regrettably, this stretch of land is also home to one of the...
Morocco’s ONEE Gets EUR 35m Loan To Support Hydro Upgrade
SeeNews Renewables by Mariyana Yaneva Moroccan electricity and water utility company ONEE has arranged to receive a loan of EUR 35 million (USD 38m) to fund its hydro power overhaul programme. The lender is the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)...
Morocco Defends Jailing Of Ex-Guantanamo Inmate
Associated Press by Samia Errazzouki Morocco's justice minister on Thursday defended the country's decision to hold a former Guantanamo inmate behind bars for at least two months, dismissing claims of diplomatic assurances that he would be freed. Lawyers for Younis...