In the abandoned mining village of Mibladen (province of Midelt), local authorities destroyed a museum project after an ultimatum of only 24 hours.
Belgian construction of maritime infrastructure firm Jan De Nul has partnered with Australian miner Fortescue to build a 1,000-kilometer cable to import green energy from Morocco to Europe. Jan De Nul and Fortescue signed a cooperation agreement in Rabat earlier last week to provide the «shipping and subsea cable laying capabilities for transporting green electricity», the Belgian company said in a press release on Friday. The deal was signed by Fortescue Chairman, Andrew Forrest,
Morocco's industrial port complex Tanger Med expects to exceed its nominal capacity of nine million containers this year, the port's deputy managing director told Reuters on Monday. Tanger Med's tonnage rose 14.9 percent to 33.3 million metric tons in the first quarter of 2024, while revenue rose 18.3 percent to 1 billion dirhams. «Now each terminal is doing a little bit more in traffic than the theoretical capacity, so I think we will do a little bit better than nine million
Women's cooperatives play a central role in empowering rural women in Morocco, actively contributing to the social and economic development of local communities. OXFAM Morocco, in partnership with the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), is working to strengthen this movement through the MountainHer project, according to a press release. The project, funded by the PRIMA Foundation, aims to
Many Arab parties attending a session of the Arab National Congress in Beirut did not attend the Polisario Front's conference. However, representatives were present from these parties. The Arab National Congress is a political umbrella organization for pan-Arab ideology movements, and this particular session focused on the Israeli aggression on Gaza. Seizing this opportunity, the Polisario invited all attendees in Beirut to its conference. However, only Lebanon, Algeria, Yemen, Jordan, and
More Moroccans are concerned about climate change issues following the September 2023 earthquake, according to an Arab Barometer survey that covered a wide range of issues, including government trust, women's rights, and the economy.
The European Union's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) has issued another alert regarding a Moroccan produce shipment destined for Europe. This time, RASFF warns of the alleged detection of a health risk in sweet peppers from Morocco. The European Union body claims that pesticides, chlorpyrifos and fenazaquin, considered harmful to health, have been detected in the Moroccan shipment, according to Spanish media reports. RASFF classified the alert as «elevated risk» but
Le vendredi 7 juin, la thèse de doctorat d'un étudiant palestinien, Hani Draoucha, a été soutenue en son absence. Présentée à l'Université Cadi Ayyad de Marrakech, la thèse portait sur «L'évasion fiscale en Palestine». Cette initiative était un hommage à Draoucha, qui avait rédigé sa thèse de doctorat avant d'être tué à Gaza. L'étudiant palestinien de
On Friday, June 7th, the PhD thesis of a Palestinian doctoral student, Hani Draoucha, was defended in his absence. Presented at Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech, the thesis discussed «Tax Evasion in Palestine». The move was a tribute to Draoucha, who was expected to submit his PhD thesis before being killed in Gaza. The Palestinian student of Cadi Ayyad University left Morocco for Gaza to finish his thesis, only to be tragically killed during the war in Gaza. Soutenance
The far-right was the big winner in the European elections, particularly in France, Austria and Germany. Will this move have an impact on Moroccan-European relations ?