Energy Recovery Awarded $1.8M For Desalination Deal In Morocco
Poweronline.com Energy Recovery Inc. (NASDAQ:ERII), the leader in pressure energy technology for industrial fluid flows, today announced a $1.8 million deal to supply its PX Pressure Exchanger®technology for a desalination plant in Morocco. The Company expects the...
Attijariwafa Bank Of Morocco’s Ratings Affirmed
Business Standard by Matthew Amlôt Capital Intelligence (CI) today announced that it has affirmed the ratings of Attijariwafa Bank (AWB), based in Casablanca, Morocco. AWB’s Financial Strength Rating is affirmed at ‘BBB’, supported by AWB’s overall financial profile,...
More Chinese To Visit Morocco
China Daily By Yang Feiyue Many Chinese tourists set out on an organized trip to Morocco last week. A batch of 21 people is the first among 1,000 such tourists, thanks to the organizers Beijing-based World Tourism Cities Federation and the China International Travel...
Morocco’s Progress Is Slow, Shaky But Real
By Francis Ghilès for Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) How can Morocco preserve its status as one of North Africa’s more prosperous and stable countries? Francis Ghilès believes that the country’s patronage system should be replaced by a more modern...
Morocco Records Budget Surplus
Middle East Monitor Morocco has achieved a $533 million surplus in its budget, the Ministry of Economy and Finance announced, after recording a deficit of $14.45 million last year. Observers believe the figures show that the fiscal and financial policy pursued by...
Morocco Moves To Legalize Abortions In Cases Of Rape And Incest
Jessica Morris Round Earth Media It’s been eight years since Hinde Bariaz went to a medical clinic in this capital city to obtain an illegal abortion. All these years later, she remembers the experience vividly. The clinic was dirty, Bariaz said, with air heavy from...
Morocco Jails Two Over Anti-Gay Beating
AFP Rabat (AFP) - A Moroccan court sentenced two men to four months in jail Thursday for beating up a presumed homosexual because of his appearance, a rights group said. The verdict was delivered by a court in the central city of Fez where a crowd of angry youths...
Moroccan Hotels Ban Burkinis At The Pool
ANSAmed 'Halal' suit prohibited for 'hygienic reasons' Some hotels in El-Jadida, a popular seaside resort in northern Morocco, have prohibited the use of 'burkinis' at their pools. The measure is seen as the opposite extreme of a ban that some residents of Agadir...
Moroccan King Lashes Out At Consuls Over Citizens’ Treatment
ANSAmed Moroccan consuls have been accused of abuse of power, mistreatment and violence against the country's citizens living abroad, and the king has blocked holiday time while investigations are conducted amid the threat of lay-offs. The foreign ministry has...
Spain Court Drops Case Against Police Who Beat Migrant
AFP A human rights group vowed Wednesday to appeal after a Spanish court dismissed a case against eight police who beat a migrant trying to illegally enter Spain's north African territory of Melilla. Footage of the incident, which took place in October 2014, sparked...