Nizar Baraka

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• Morocco Plans 420-Kilometer Highway Linking Marrakech to Fez at $2.8 Billion Cost
  11 April, by Said

  Morocco has officially launched preliminary studies to determine the technical specifications and financing model for a highway project connecting Marrakech to Fez via Beni Mellal and Khenifra.
  The cost of this infrastructure is currently estimated at around 28 billion dirhams. According to information provided by Nizar Baraka, Minister of Equipment and Water, in a written response to a parliamentary question, this project represents a key infrastructure development for the country. "This (…)

• Morocco Auctions Off 18 Ships from Bankrupt Dredging Company
  17 May 2024, by Prince

  Some 18 boats belonging to the dredging company Drapor, which found itself in judicial liquidation, are currently being auctioned off in Moroccan ports, announced Nizar Baraka, the Minister of Equipment and Water.
  Questioned by the parliamentary group of the National Rally of Independents (RNI) about the "fate of the dredging company’s ships abandoned in Moroccan ports", Baraka explained that this company went into judicial liquidation due to financial difficulties and a conflict between (…)

• Morocco Expands National Motorway Network with Major Infrastructure Projects
  20 April 2023, by Said

  The Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, announced a series of infrastructure projects aimed at strengthening the national motorway network in Morocco. These projects should contribute to improving mobility in different regions of the Kingdom.
  Among these projects, we can mention the tripling of the Casablanca-Berrechid motorway and that of the Casablanca ring road, which will have a positive impact on traffic between the north and south of the country. The minister also (…)

• Morocco Expands Health Coverage to 5 Million Self-Employed Workers Amid Pandemic
  6 June 2020, by Bladi.net

  The Moroccan government plans to set up medical coverage for self-employed workers. The aim is to help them mitigate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
  This project concerns five million self-employed workers as well as dependents, which will benefit a total of nearly 11 million Moroccans.
  The Minister of Labor and Professional Integration, Mohamed Amekraz, states that more than 90% of Moroccans will benefit from social security after the implementation of laws 98.15 and 99.15. (…)

• Morocco’s Istiqlal Party Proposes Universal Income for Poorest as Part of Post-Pandemic Recovery Plan
  9 June 2020, by Bladi.net

  In the run-up to the "deconfinement" of June 10, the Secretary General of the Istiqlal, Nizar Baraka, presented on Friday the main lines of his party’s Memorandum in the presence of the Head of Government.
  "A responsible economic recovery and a solid social protection to build the future". This is the title of the Istiqlal Memorandum which aims to make proposals to the government in this context of a state of health emergency. According to the former Finance Minister, Nizar Baraka, this (…)

• Morocco’s Poverty Crisis Deepens: 1 Million New Poor Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
  2 October 2020, by Kamal

  It is a very critical assessment that the Secretary General of the Istiqlal party has made. After nearly 4 years in power, the government of El Othmani has distinguished itself by a long succession of failures that the Covid-19 pandemic has managed to highlight.
  The gap between rich and poor continues to widen. The health situation in the country is most deplorable. All the reforms brought by the majority to boost economic growth and investment have not borne fruit, reports the newspaper (…)

• Laâyoune’s New Desalination Plant Set to Boost Morocco’s Water Supply
  20 July 2022, by Armel

  The seawater desalination plant installed in Laâyoune as part of strengthening the national drinking water supply will soon be operational.
  The announcement was made by the Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, on Monday in parliament, specifying that the new infrastructure will be launched in the coming days.
  "The final preparations are underway with the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) to ensure water supply and put an end to interruptions in the city (…)

• Istiqlal Party Pushes for Voting Rights of Moroccan Expatriates in 2021 Elections
  15 January 2021, by Jérôme

  Moroccans residing abroad must exercise their constitutional rights to be voters and eligible in elections within the framework of full citizenship. This concern was at the heart of the discussions between Nizar Baraka, Secretary General of the Istiqlal Party, and representatives of the Coordination of Moroccan Political Parties Abroad, last Wednesday, at the party’s headquarters in Rabat.
  Nizar Baraka seized this opportunity to express all the interest he attaches to the issue of (…)

• Moroccan Istiqlal Party Slams Spain’s Decision to Host Polisario Leader
  10 May 2021, by Jonas

  Alongside the various diplomatic statements, the Istiqlal party has strongly criticized the decision of Spain to host the leader of the separatists, Brahim Ghali, with the Spanish Popular Party. In a letter addressed to Pablo Casado, the Moroccan political formation has lambasted this stance of the Spanish authorities which it considers "hostile and unfriendly" towards Morocco.
  "We consider, in the Istiqlal Party, that the decision of the Spanish government to welcome the head of the (…)

• Istiqlal Party Agrees to Join Morocco’s Next Government Coalition
  20 September 2021, by Jérôme

  The Istiqlal Party (PI) is ready to participate in the next government. This is the decision taken by the National Council of the political party, at the end of the proceedings of its extraordinary session, held virtually on Saturday in Rabat.
  It is through a press release that the party made its decision public, in response to the offer of the designated head of government, Aziz Akhannouch. It is the Secretary General of the party, Nizar Baraka, who was appointed, assisted by the members (…)