American billionaire John Paul DeJoria has led a long court battle against a Moroccan company after a failed oil project he promised to launch in the Kingdom. Lobbying to change a Texas law, he escaped a $123-million Moroccan settlement.
The United States House of Representatives has approved a proposition on funds allocated to Morocco, including the Sahara in the document released Monday.
Discovered in 2018 by Morocco’s Oukaimeden Observatory, an exoplanet and its star were named by Moroccans after two legendary Amazigh lovers. Isli and Tislit were named through a contest initiated by the International Astronomical Union and conducted by Moroccan scholars.