‘We have this week,’ says UN envoy, urging Libyan parties to quickly reach political solution to end crisis
UN News Centre From Morocco where he is facilitating the dialogue among Libyan parties, the United Nations envoy for the North African country has stressed that the coming week should be decisive to reach an agreement on the draft political proposal he recently...
Tindouf: Sheikhs’ Meeting Throws Polisario Into Turmoil
Polisario Confidential by Khalid Ibrahim Khaled According to informed sources in Tindouf, the Polisario leadership has been thrown into turmoil since the announcement of the meeting of several Tindouf-based heads of tribes and Sahrawi dignitaries, who had adhered to...
Circle Oil Makes Morocco Gas Find
Irish Independent Paul O'Donoghue Circle Oil, the Limerick-based oil and gas exploration company, has reported a stable gas flow at its first well on the Lalla Mimouna permit onshore in Morocco. The company said the first well drilled on the Lalla Mimouna permit...
Circle Oil’s Morocco Campaign Makes Gas Find
Energy Voice Oil & Gas by Energy Reporter Circle Oil confirmed its Moroccan exploration campaign has made a credible gas find. The first well drilled on the Lalla Mimouna permit, targeted the Miocene gas-bearing sands. The primary target was perforated at...
‘We Are Getting Closer To A Solution,’ Says UN Libya Envoy
UN News Centre ‘We are getting closer to a solution,’ says UN Libya envoy, opening latest round of talks on ending crisis. Previewing what he hopes will be the last round of United Nations-backed political talks on Libya, the UN envoy for the country said today the...
Libyan Unity Government Talks To Resume In Morocco
Digital Journal by Ken Hanly Earlier this month, members of the internationally-recognized House of Representatives(HoR) government based in Tobruk eastern Libya were split on whether they would even continue to participate in the peace talks. Tripoli - No doubt there...
Moroccan King Lights Up Ivory Coast As Trade Pushes South
Bloomberg Business by Olivier Monnier Caroline Alexander Since the end of May, Abidjan has had a special guest: King Mohammed VI of Morocco. Though he spent just a week in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital as part of an African investment tour, his portrait still...
The Economic Revival Of The Arabs Starts In A Small Moroccan Border Town
The National Faisal Al Yafai Night work at the world's oldest leather tannery in Fez, Morocco. The Arab world must return to the principles that first made it rich, writes Faisal Al Yafai (Nicole Hill / The National). Barely a few hundred metres separate the beach in...
Eco-tourism Main Objective For Morocco
eTurboNews Focus on eco-tourism is the main objective for Morocco outlined in the Vision 2020 strategic document. Morocco is part of the “Thousand Gardens of Africa,” a project launched by Slow Food to create a totally ecological and eco-sustainable agricultural model...
Moroccan Villagers Harvest Fog For Water Supply
Zee News India Sidi Ifni: Green technology to turn fog into fresh water straight from the tap has put an end to exhausting daily treks to distant wells by village women in southwest Morocco. Families in five highland Berber communities have begun to benefit from "fog...