Morocco: Green March Anniversary, A Renewed Oath For Territorial Integrity, Development
Middle East Confidential by Peter Mulvany Morocco is celebrating on Friday November 6 the 40th anniversary of the Green March, the peaceful march of 350,000 Moroccans that enabled the North African country to recover its southern provinces, known as Western Sahara,...
Morocco’s Green March At 40
The Hill By J. Peter Pham This Friday is the 40th anniversary of one of the defining moments of the post-colonial history of Morocco and, indeed, all of Africa. At dawn on Nov. 6, 1975, some 350,000 Moroccans armed only with flags and copies of the Quran crossed the...
UN Chief Wants Western Sahara Talks Soon
Middle East Eye The UN has been trying to broker a settlement for Western Sahara since 1991. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Wednesday for negotiations in the coming months to settle the frozen conflict over Western Sahara, at the centre of tensions between...
Morocco Focuses Efforts In The Energy Sector
SeeNews Renewables by Mariyana Yaneva Morocco, which has offered to host COP22, will chase after ambitious climate targets at COP21 and bets on green energy for most of it. The Morocco intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) came in June, well in advance of...
Abengoa Extends O&M Deal For Moroccan Solar-Gas Facility
SeeNews Renewables by Ivan Shumkov Abengoa SA (BME:ABG) said on Wednesday it has received a five-year, EUR-63-million (USD 68.8m) extension to its existing contract to operate and maintain a 472-MW solar-gas power plant in Morocco. The new contract was awarded to the...
Why A Quarter Of A Million Moroccans Marched Into The Sahara – BBC News
BBC Forty years ago, the King of Morocco ordered nearly a quarter of a million Moroccans to march into the Sahara desert to claim an area of disputed territory from Spain. The Green March, as it became known, was instigated in part to boost King Hassan the Second's...
IMF Staff Completes 2015 Article IV Consultation And Third Review Of The Precautionary And Liquidity Line Mission To Morocco
IMF.org End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF’s Executive...
Morocco Sees $10bn From Auto Industry Exports By 2020
Arab News Reuters Morocco expects auto industry exports to reach an annual 100 billion dirhams ($10.2 billion) by 2020 as a result of PSA Peugeot Citroen starting production at its new 557 million euro ($630 million) factory. It will lift the overall industrial...
Morocco To Build World’s Largest Concentrated Solar Power Plant
CNN By Milena Veselinovic Story highlights (CNN)It may be famous for its meandering medinas and the scenic Atlas Mountains, but Morocco might soon make its name as a solar superpower. The north-western African nation is building the world's biggest concentrated solar...
Reuters Summit – Morocco Sees $10 Billion From Auto Industry Exports By 2020
Reuters Middle East Yahoo News By Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco expects auto industry exports to reach an annual 100 billion dirhams ($10.2 billion) by 2020 as a result of PSA Peugeot Citroen starting production at its new 557 million euro ($630 million) factory. It will...