With a production share exceeding that of natural gas production, wind power is now the second largest source of electricity production in Morocco. The kingdom is thus affirming its determination to find an alternative to Algerian gas.
Algeria could reactivate the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline crossing Morocco, whose contract it refused to renew when it expired on October 31, to supply gas to Europe during this Ukrainian crisis period. Sonatrach CEO Toufik Hakkar has also announced that his company is willing to provide more gas to Europe, in the event of a drop in Russian exports.
The Franco-Algerian Brahim Bouhlel, sentenced on April 21 to eight months in prison and incarcerated in the local prison of Oudaya in Marrakech, for "his bad joke", then released last December, appears on social networks. The comedian has changed his look.
"Morocco represents a pole of political stability in the region," according to the French parliament.
The "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)" costs Algeria, the protector of the Polisario, one billion dollars a year. At least, that’s what a military source claims.
French deputies believe that the risk of a conflict between Morocco and Algeria is "limited", according to a report that has just been published.
In crisis with Algeria, Morocco has equipped itself with an Eastern military zone that will be led by Major General Mohamed Miqdad. A first.
A virtual conference organized by the Maroc du Patrimoine Foundation allowed the writer-journalist Mohamed Seddik Maâninou to review the different stages of Algerian migration to Morocco .
The Lille court sentenced a 27-year-old Algerian in an irregular situation in France to eight years in prison for trying to immolate his 20-year-old Moroccan partner and their 7-month-old daughter.
The port of Melilla is preparing to carry out a mission in Algeria to establish trade links with this country in order to limit the adverse effects of the prolonged closure of the borders with Morocco.
Algeria would be angry with Spain, which has decided to help Morocco import gas through the Maghreb-Europe pipeline.
Morocco is the third democracy in the MENA region behind Israel and Tunisia and ahead of Algeria. This is revealed by the latest ranking established by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).