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May52023 by adminNo Comments

Can Morocco solve Europe’s energy crisis?

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Getty ImagesBy Jonathan JosephsBusiness reporter, BBC News, RabatMorocco has big ambitions to export electricity produced by solar and wind farms to Europe, but should it be prioritising such renewable energy for its home market?"The resources we have here could be one of the big, big answers to European demand," says Moroccan energy entrepreneur Moundir Zniber.Mr Zniber is a passionate man who senses opportunity out of crisis."I think Morocco represents the best opportunity to get the European continent away from the dependency it has today on Russian gas," he says.Mr Zniber has spent the past 15 years building his company, Gaia Energy, into one of the leaders of a renewable energy revolution in his home country."Morocco has truly one of the best solar and wind resources in the world comb...

Jan62021 by adminNo Comments

Morocco approves use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

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Morocco has approved the emergency use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, jointly developed with the U.K.’s Oxford UniversityByThe Associated PressJanuary 6, 2021, 9:40 PM• 1 min readRABAT, Morocco -- Morocco has approved the emergency use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, jointly developed with the U.K.’s Oxford University.The country’s Health Ministry said Wednesday that the Serum Institute of India in under contract from AstraZeneca to make the shots.Last month, the Moroccan government announced it had ordered 65 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from China’s Sinopharm and Britain’s AstraZeneca. The country of 35 million people has not yet received the vaccines.Approval of Sinopharm’s vaccine is under review by Morocco’s regulators and is expected to be granted in the coming days....

Dec242020 by adminNo Comments

Worried Morocco bans parties to stem holiday virus spread

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Morocco has imposed a curfew, closed restaurants in major cities and banned public and private gatherings for three weeks to curb the spread of the virusByThe Associated PressDecember 24, 2020, 9:56 AM• 1 min readRABAT, Morocco -- Morocco has imposed a curfew, closed restaurants in major cities and banned public and private gatherings for three weeks — including the usually festive New Year's Eve — to curb the spread of the virus.The curfew between 9 p.m and 6 a.m went into effect Wednesday night and is set to last until Jan. 13.All restaurants in the cities of Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir and Tangier must close for that period, according to government orders this week. Elsewhere, restaurants, coffee shops, shops and supermarkets will have to close at 8 p.m.Morocco has reported more than ...

Dec102020 by adminNo Comments

Israel, Morocco agree to normalize relations in Trump administration deal

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Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Israel and Morocco have agreed to normalize relations, the Trump administration announced on Thursday. With the deal, Morocco is the fourth Arab country to normalize relations with Israel since the summer, after the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan. Advertisement "As part of this deal, Morocco will establish full diplomatic relations and resume official contacts with Israel. They will grant overflights and direct flights to and from Israel for all Israelis," White House adviser Jared Kushner told reporters in a press call Thursday. "They'll reopen the liaison offices in Rabat and Tel Aviv immediately, with the intention to open the embassies in the near future. They'll be promoting economic cooperation between Israeli and Moroccan companies." President Donald Trum...

Sep52020 by adminNo Comments

Morocco, Netherlands, India, UAE to buy Longbow Fire Control Radars

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Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Longbow Limited, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, won a $ 164.6 million contract to equip foreign Apache helicopters with radar units. The contract, announced on Thursday by the Defense Department, calls for AH-64E Apache helicopter AN/APG-78 Longbow Fire Control Radar units to be sold to the militaries of Morocco, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates and India. Advertisement The mast-mounted system provides Apache aircrews with automatic target detection, location and classification while "enabling rapid, multi-target engagement in all weather conditions over multiple types of terrain and through battlefield obscurants," Lockheed Martin has previously said of the system. It allows aircrews the opportunity to scan large areas for threats, and ...