Morocco is planning to open a tender for operating and maintaining its 230-megawatt solar plant near Midelt, Reuters reported Wednesday, quoting the Moroccan agency for sustainable energy (Masen). On its website, the agency said that the first stage of this tender was launched and that this pre-qualification round will last until September 16. In May, 2019, Masen announced the bidder for Noor Midelt I, an 800 MW solar plant. The winning consortium is France’s EDF Renewables, UAE’s
Indian project management firm Nuberg EPC was awarded and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Morocco’s Societe Chérifienne D'Engrais Et De Produits Chimiques (SCE). The New Delhi-based firm will be building a chlor-Alkali plant at the Jorf Lasfar Industrial Park in El Jadida. The latter is expected to produce «caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, and sodium hypochlorite chlorine upon completion», Construction Week Online. The Morocco plant,
Set up in July 2018 at an African Union summit in Nouakchott, the troika on Western Sahara held one unofficial meeting in February in Addis Ababa. A second meeting, scheduled for July 8 in Niamey, has been postponed to a later date.
British low-cost airline EasyJet has launched a new route, linking Northern Ireland’s Belfast International Airport to Marrakech. According to online newspaper Belfast Telegraph, the new route will have two flights a week, mainly on Wednesdays and Saturdays during the winter and until the end of March. «We are very pleased to strengthen our network at Belfast International Airport with this new winter service to Marrakech», Neil Slaven, easyJet's UK country director, told
British chef and television personality Gordon Ramsay has gone exploring the wonders of the Moroccan cuisine. Shooting his new six-part cooking series «Uncharted», chef Ramsay traveled along the Atlas Mountains to discover the ancient flavors of the Amazigh culinary culture. Partnered with American television network National Geographic, Ramsay started his adventure by mushroom hunting. Climbing the Middle Atlas Mountains, the chef was helped by mushroom hunter Abdullah to pick
A Moroccan national was sentenced to 12 years in prison, Tuesday, in Portugal for recruiting people to fight in Syria and for financing terrorism, Reuters reports. The 65-year-old Moroccan, Abdesselam Tazi, was found guilty of seven crimes. He was accused of «financing the recruitment using forged credit cards», the British news agency said. «The sentencing caught me by surprise», Lopes Guerreiro, Tazi’s lawyer, told reporters after the court’s ruling,
Two diplomats from the French Embassy in Rabat visited Laayoune this week. On Monday, July 8, the delegation visited the headquarters of the council of Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region and the city council. On Tuesday, the same delegation headed to the MINURSO headquarters in Laayoune, where talks were held with officials from the UN peacekeeping mission. The two diplomats then went by plane to the Aoussred and Oum Dreyga Team Sites, which are located near the sand wall. During this trip, the
David Ben Barroukh is the beloved saint of Taroudant, in the Souss Valley. The name of this Jewish saint, visited yearly by Jewish pilgrims, is associated with several legends and accounts.
The Confederation of African Football Disciplinary Committee decided, Tuesday, to suspend CAF’s 3rd Vice-President Fouzi Lekjaa, who is also the President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), after he was accused of «assaulting» Ethiopian FIFA-listed Referee Bamelak Tessema. The decision was taken after the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) filed a complaint against the Moroccan official, accusing him of «beating» the referee after RS Berkane
After his Monday remarks on Moroccan-Dutch footballer Hakim Ziyech, the Minister of Youth and Sports Rachid Talbi Alami gave, Tuesday, his version of the story. Interviewed by Sports news outlet Kooora, the Minister said that Ziyech’ Instagram story, in which he the official of «coming up with lies» on his career with the Atlas Lions, comes after the player «was trapped». Alami said that the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF)