A World Bank climate risk profile on Morocco warns against global warming, rainfall and the impact on several sectors including agriculture, fishing and health.
Mining company Emmerson Plc announced on Tuesday that it had received exclusive rights from Morocco to develop $400 million potash plant, Reuters reported. Located near the city of Khemisset, a city in northern Morocco, the mine can produce up to 735,000 tonnes of muriate of potash and 1 million tonnes of de-icing salt a year, according to a feasibility study by the company. Emmerson will start building said mine by the end of 2021 and will start production by 2023, the firm’s Chief
The Algerian government spokesman is heading once again a campaign against Morocco, accusing it of «recruiting agents» online to attack Algeria. He specifies that his country intends to «block the way to these hostile acts».
The secretary general of the Istiqlal Party (Independence Party) Nizar Baraka reacted, Monday, to the tragic incident that led to the death of 28 textile workers in Tangier after the clandestine unit in which they were working was flooded by the heavy rains. Baraka urged the government to «urgently protect thousands of other workers hired by illegal industrial units throughout the Kingdom and transform them into organized and safe spaces». He also asked the government to help these
Minister of Public Security of Israel Amir Ohana announced on Monday that he has phoned his Moroccan counterpart Abdelouafi Laftit and that they agreed to meet soon, either in Israel or in Morocco. According to i24news, Amir Ohana said in a statement that he started this phone call in Darija (Moroccan Arabic), to stress the importance of the agreement to him. He thus recalled being from a Jewish family of Moroccan origin and affirmed having «waited many years to reach this
A Moroccan singer has reportedly been the target of death threats for collaborating with Israeli musician Elkana Marziano. Sanaa Mohamed is said to have «gone into hiding» and canceled an interview with Israeli media, writes Israel Hayom, quoting 12 News. «We speak a lot. I speak the language a little … It was a natural alliance. She is in Morocco and I am Moroccan. So, doing this collaboration is exciting and is the best gift I could receive», the
Mauritanian businessman Mohamed Ould Bouamatou has returned to Morocco. After two years, he managed to go back to his place in Marrakech on February 6, Mauritanian media reported. The billionaire had found refuge in Morocco just after the fall of former Burkinabé President Blaise Campaoré in 2014. He was wanted by President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and the Moroccan authorities refused to hand him over to Mauritania. The return of Bouamatou to the kingdom comes less than a
234 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 475,589. 550,149 people have received the vaccine against Covid-19. 493 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 454,997. 14 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,408. 4 of these deaths were recorded in the the Oriental region, 3 in
Heavy rains in the early hours of Monday flooded several neighborhoods in Tangier, where the sanitation infrastructure was quickly saturated. Roads were blocked, schools were submerged and a short circuit led to the death of 28 workers in a clandestine textile workshop.
Renault's industrial unit in Tangier has decided to suspend its activities for a few days, due to a global computer chip shortage, produced in China and Taiwan. Renault and Stellantis announced this measure on Friday and applied to its units in France, Germany, Romania, Spain and Tangier, Morocco. Several automotive companies have been impacted by this shortage. Stellantis, the automaker born from the merger of PSA in France and Fiat Chrysler in Italy, is also affected by the shortage,