Abdelaziz Rebbah

Articles

• Morocco’s Justice Party Divided Over Lawmaker’s Dress Controversy
  11 February 2019, by Bladi.net

  "The PJD does not have to educate Moroccans on ablution and prayer": This is what Abdelaziz Rebbah, Minister of Energy and Mines in Saâdeddine El Othmani’s government, declared regarding the case of the Moroccan deputy Amina Maelainine’s veil.
  "The Moroccans did not choose us to teach them ablution, prayer or Umrah," specified the one who is also a member of the general secretariat of the party. "The Moroccans chose us to preserve public money. We manage cities and contribute to a new (…)

• Moroccan Minister Sparks Outrage, Calls Rif Residents ’Smuggling Mafias’ at Student Event
  16 December 2019, by Kamal

  The Minister of Energy and Mines, Aziz Rebbah, was forced to end his speech and leave the meeting organized on Sunday, December 15, by Moroccan students in Lille.
  According to the Barlamane website, the participants would not have appreciated the remarks of the member of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD), who described the inhabitants of the Moroccan Rif as smuggling mafias.
  "Their protest method resembles that of mafias," he said during the meeting, provoking very strong (…)

• Former Moroccan Transport Minister’s Aide Faces Corruption Trial Amid Italian Investor’s Claims
  3 February 2020, by Kamal

  An advisor to the former Minister of Transport, Aziz Rebbah, and the director of the public property conservation service, are being prosecuted by the Court of Appeal of Rabat for crimes of corruption, forgery of administrative documents and counterfeiting and use of the state seal.
  At the last hearing, the defense of the civil party, an investor of Italian origin, had made a request, rejected by the Court, requesting the presence of the former Minister of Equipment and Transport, the (…)

• Morocco Nears Natural Gas Exporter Status as Pipeline Project Advances
  5 March 2020, by Kamal

  According to Moroccan experts, the kingdom is "a step away from joining the club of natural gas exporters", after the British group Sound Energy received the green light from the Moroccan government to assess the environmental impact of the new 120 km pipeline, which is to connect Morocco to Europe.
  Negotiations between the two parties, as to the long-term operation of the 50-meter diameter pipeline, should continue until the end of March, reports Akhbarona.
  The preliminary meetings (…)

• Coronavirus Panic Leads to Butane Gas Shortage in Casablanca
  23 March 2020, by Kamal

  This Friday, March 20, Casablancans were bustling in the city’s shops before the effective implementation of the strengthened health system, scheduled from 6 p.m. This major rush has led to a shortage of butane gas cylinders.
  The Coronavirus psychosis has led to impulsive purchases by the majority of Moroccans, who preferred to ignore the instructions of the government and clear the store shelves, thus depriving the less fortunate of basic necessities.
  The latter have had to bear the (…)

• Morocco Halts Repatriation of 30,000 Citizens Stranded Abroad, Minister Cites ’Delicate Circumstances’
  20 May 2020, by Kamal

  The Minister of Energy and Mines, Aziz Rebbah, dashed the hopes of 30,000 Moroccan nationals stranded abroad. According to him, special considerations would go against the repatriation operation.
  In a statement, the minister said that "particular circumstances are opposed to the repatriation of Moroccan nationals," adding that "it is not the related costs that discourage the country."
  Rebbah apologized to the citizens stranded abroad, stressing that these are delicate circumstances and (…)

• Morocco Restricts Travel to 8 Cities, Urges Strict COVID-19 Measures for Transport Sector
  28 July 2020, by Bladi.net

  Faced with the worrying spread of Covid-19 cases, the Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water has once again called on citizens and professionals to strictly respect the barrier measures established as part of the fight against the pandemic.
  The day after the decision to ban travel to and from eight cities in the Kingdom, a press release from the Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water was made public to further demand from citizens and professionals in the (…)

• Morocco Pledges Stronger Action on Climate Change and COVID-19 Recovery
  8 September 2020, by Ginette

  Morocco is ready to step up its efforts to effectively combat climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic. Aziz Rabbah, the Minister of Energy, Mines and Environment, said the government is resolutely committed to achieving this.
  The minister spoke on Thursday during a ministerial meeting of the "online platform" on a sustainable and resilient Covid-19 recovery, jointly organized by the Japanese government and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This is a (…)

• Moroccan Energy Minister Tests Positive for COVID-19
  18 September 2020, by Sylvanus

  The Minister of Energy, Mines and Environment, Aziz Rabbah claims to have tested positive for Covid-19.
  In a message posted on his Facebook page, the minister said that the results of his Covid-19 screening test were positive. Mr. Rabbah is the second member of the government council to be affected by the coronavirus after his colleague from Equipment and Transport, Abdelkader Amara, who tested positive on March 14.
  The latter had presented himself to the medical services to undergo the (…)

• Kenitra Real Estate Probe: $400,000 Missing from Municipal Land Deal
  24 November 2023, by Said

  The Rabat Court of Appeal has opened an investigation into the disappearance of more than 4 million dirhams in Kenitra. This sum evaporated during the term of the former president of the municipal council and former minister Aziz Rabbah, following a real estate transaction involving the exchange of a municipal land for another belonging to a real estate developer.
  The file, initially investigated by the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ), was transferred to the investigating (…)