Morocco

Annual SDG Review 2025: Financial inclusion in the Arab region

Nearly 65% of adults in the Arab region remain excluded from formal financial systems, according to a new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The Annual SDG Review 2025 paints a sobering picture of persistent financial exclusion that is undermining the region’s ability …

Mena region transitions toward a clean energy outlook

Region 2017’ – estimates that all tabled and existing development projects require an estimated $200 billion investment. According to the study, the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) has around 67GW of clean energy projects at various stages of the design and study stage, and this is expected to increase …

2.1 Billion Lack Safe Water Access: WHO Report

Rabat – A report by WHO and UNICEF shows that 2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home and 4.5 billion lack safely managed sanitation. While billions of people have gained access to drinking water and sanitation services in the last twenty years, WHO’s report shows that safe water …

Morocco set to implement Midelt Phase I CSP Project

Morocco is set to construct the Midelt Phase I CSP Project, which will generate solar power through an innovative hybrid concentrated solar power (CSP) and photovoltaic (PV) solution. This is after the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank each approved finance of $25 million for the project. The …

‘Light’ Earthquake Hits Figuig in Eastern Morocco

Rabat – A tremor registering 4.5 on the Richter scale occurred in the province of Figuig early Wednesday morning. The National Institute of Geophysics said that the tremor was recorded at 4:27 a.m. The centre of the quake was located at Maatarka, a rural commune in Figuig on the border …

Drug Prices of Chronic Disease Slashed by 46 % in Morocco

Rabat – Drugs prices for several common chronic disease medications have been reduced by 46 percent, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Health on Monday. Drugs to treat illnesses like cancer, diabetes, blood pressure, infectious diseases and inflammatory illnesses have had their process slashed in a …

25 Moroccan Beaches Awarded ‘Blue Pavilion’ Label for Summer 2017

Rabat – The Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, presided over by Princess Lalla Hasnaa, has awarded the Blue Pavilion label to Morocco’s 25 cleanest beaches for summer 2017. In addition to the awarded beaches, a marina located in the city of Saidia received the label of “The Saidia Med, …

Massive Fire in Tangier Forest, Spain Helps Fight the Blaze

Rabat – The Mediouna forest in western Tangier was the site of a widespread fire on Friday and Saturday, causing huge damage to the area. Local fire fighting units kept trying to extinguish the blaze until late into the night. As of Sunday, no details have been provided yet on …

Global financiers support Morocco’s green bond issuance

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Proparco are investing $111 million and $39 million, respectively, in the first green bond issuance by Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP), to promote renewable energy projects in Morocco. A press release highlighted that this move marks the first green bond issuance in foreign currency in …

Weather Alert: Strong Thunderstorms Across Morocco Due Tuesday June 13

Rabat – The National Weather Service has reported that strong thunderstorms are expected from 2p.m. until 11p.m. on Tuesday. The meteorological group said that the heavy rain would affect numerous regions in Morocco, in particular: Khenifra, Ifrane, Beni Mellal, Azilal, Zagora, Sefrou, Taza, Guercif and Taourirt. The National Weather Service …

Discovery: Homo Sapiens is Moroccan, Precisely from Marrakech

Rabat – Deep in the earth at the Jebel Irhoud (100 km west of Marrakech), scientists have discovered a 300,000-year-old human fossil shaking accepted theories of where and when our species evolved. Zoom on the details. An international research team led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Germany) …

One in four children in Arab world live in poverty - UNICEF study

One in four children in the Arab world live in poverty, often deprived of life's most basic necessities such as proper housing or safe water, according to a study released on Monday by the U.N. children's agency UNICEF. The analysis of 11 countries including Egypt, Iraq, Morocco and Yemen found …

Morocco Confiscates 2 Million Tons of Products ‘Unfit for Consumption’

Rabat – The National Food Safety Authority seized almost a total of two million tons of products unfit for consumption found in local markets, imports and exports. The ONSSA confiscated 290 tons of unfit products out of the 85,000 tons overseen by Office’s brigades during the first four months of …

Morocco fights to save its iconic monkey

Chefchaouen - "If nothing is done, this species will disappear within 10 years," warns a poster on Ahmed Harrad's ageing 4x4 showing Morocco's famed Barbary macaque monkey. Harrad spends his time crisscrossing northern Morocco to try to convince locals to protect the endangered monkey. The only species of macaque outside …

Igniting climate entrepreneurship in Morocco : findings from the climate entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem diagnostic

Climate-smart development is a rapidly growing area in Morocco, and indeed much of the world. It has simultaneously been proven to boost economic development and contribute to more sustainable economic development by reducing emissions and energy costs, creating jobs, and increasing economic opportunity. A World Bank Group (WBG) team, together …

Morocco seizes 420 tonnes of plastic bags in year since ban

RABAT, Morocco - Moroccan authorities have seized more than 420 tonnes of plastic bags in the year since the entry into force of a law prohibiting their use, the government said Wednesday. With the legislation dubbed "zero mika", or zero plastic in Arabic, Morocco became one of the first countries …

1 in 4 Moroccans Lacks Access to Health Care

Rabat – The World Bank 2017 Economic Memorandum has unveiled that more than 25 percent of Moroccans do not have access to medical care, exposing the inefficiency of insurance plans. The World Bank painted a bleak picture of the healthcare in Morocco in the current year’s Economic Memorandum. The report …

Study finds there are ways to mitigate deforestation risks of palm oil expansion in Africa

As demand for its product continues to grow, the palm oil industry is now reportedly eyeing Africa as its next big expansion opportunity. Study finds there are ways to mitigate deforestation risks of palm oil expansion in Africa It’s been estimated that, over the next five years, as much as …

Morocco Unveils Plans to Eradicate Hepatitis C Virus by 2030

Casablanca – Morocco has announced its plan to wipe out the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) by 2030. According to director of the Epidemiology and Disease Control Administration, Abderrahman Maâroufi, this will be accomplished mainly through a new national plan recently launched by the Health Ministry. Maaroufi made the statement on …

Child Cancer Rates Continue to Grow: Cancer Research Agency

Rabat – The international rate of child cancer cases has increased by 13 percent since the 1980s, according to a survey by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). In a press release, the IARC noted from its global study on about 300,000 cancer cases examined in 2001-2010 that …

9th Agricultural Conference Kicks off in Meknes

Meknes – The 9th Agricultural Conference, held under the theme “Agriculture and food security through water”, kicked off on Monday in Meknes with the participation of Alpha Condé, Chairman of the African Union (AU) and President of the Republic of Guinea, the distinguished guest of this edition. This edition, marked …

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