Thousands Protest Utility Prices In Morocco’s Tangier
NEWS24 Reuters Thousands took to the streets in Morocco's northern city of Tangier late on Saturday to protest over high prices for water and electricity, in the nation's largest protest since pro-democracy marches in 2011 demanding political reforms. Large-scale...
Kuwaitis Urged To Invest In Morocco’s Agricultural Sector
Menafm Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) A senior official at the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has urged Kuwaiti private sector and businessmen to direct investments to the agricultural sector in the Kingdom. Director of the ministry's directorate for...
UAE’s Masdar Sees Renewable Energy Opportunities In MENA Region
Reuters Middle East by Bate Felix * Masdar has invested in renewables in Spain, UK * CEO seeks opportunities in Middle East, North Africa * See Morocco as an attractive, mature market Policy shifts over climate change as countries seek to diversify energy sources have...
EBRD Provides Funds For New Port In Morocco
Dredging News Online European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan of up to €200 million to Société Nador West Med to finance the basic infrastructure for a new port on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco, 30 km from the town of Nador. The...
Morocco Estimates Slight Tomato Production Decline This Year
Green Med Journal - The Mediterranean Fresh Produce Magazine. Chiara Brandi Moroccan delegation in Brussels discussed price reforms, expected production volumes this season. The tomato season in Morocco is in full swing. While the presence of Moroccan tomatoes on the...
Burying Past Legacies: As affirmed By India And Morocco, Africa Must Unite For Common Progress
Times of India Blogs Rudroneel Ghoshin Talking Turkey As reported by The Times of India today (October 29), the negotiations for the joint declaration of the India-Africa Forum Summit had hit a rough patch on the topic of ‘colonialism’. It was found that Algeria had...
Four African Migrants Drown, Dozens Missing Off Moroccan Coast
Reuters by Sonya Dowsett Four African migrants drowned and up to 35 were missing after their boat sank in the Mediterranean in the early hours of Thursday around 40 miles (65 km) north of the Moroccan coast, Spanish sea rescue services said. Lifeguards pulled four...
Morocco’s Noor Solar Project Could Power One Million Homes
Clean Technica Originally published on Solar Love The Noor Solar Project is expected to be completed in 2020 and have a capacity of 580 MW, which may be enough to power one million homes in Morocco. Eventually, wind and hydro power is scheduled to be added, raising...
Morocco’s King Moots Joint Initiatives Against Terrorism
New Kerela Morocco's King Mohammad VI on Thursday said he admired India's balanced and responsible foreign policy and expressed his country's readiness to set up a joint working group to ensure coordination and information sharing between India and African countries...
Counterterror In North Africa
The Korean Times By Moha Ennaji Over the past several months, an encouraging trend has begun to emerge in North Africa: the number of jihadi recruits for Daesh (the pejorative Arabic acronym for the “Islamic State”), particularly from Morocco, has begun to diminish,...