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Morocco
National police to expand all-seeing eye on Casablanca

Casa Transports wants to transform its transportation management system into a vast high-tech video surveillance system to be used by the police. China's Huawei and Hikvision are interested in the contract, as is AB Protection, whose CEO Mounir Belmahi has many ties within the Makhzen.

Subscribers only Business 21.04.2021

Morocco
Claude Fraissinet, Macron's future party rep in Western Sahara

Western Sahara business expert Claude Fraissinet has offered to open a committee of Emmanuel Macron's party in Dakhla. He wants to run the office with Mirelle Malbos, owner of a tourism business with Mohammed Vi's cousin Princess Noufissa El Yacoubi.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.04.2021

Morocco
Morocco orders Turkish armed drones as hostilities resume in Western Sahara

Turkey's Baykar, which has close links with Erdogan, is to supply attack drones to the Moroccan army. The contract will not radically change the military balance between Morocco and Algeria but has been signed just as hostilities are resuming against Polisario in Western Sahara.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 16.04.2021

Morocco
Bourita lines up successors to France and EU ambassadors Benmoussa and Rahhou

To encourage France and the European Union to recognise its sovereignty over Western Sahara, a step already taken by the United States, Morocco will be replacing its otherwise engaged ambassadors in Paris and Brussels.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.04.2021

Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nasser Bourita.

Morocco, UAE
Nadia Fettah Alaoui to replace troubled Mustapha Bakkoury at Expo 2020 in Dubai

Tourism minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui will replace Mustapha Bakkoury as commissioner general of the Morocco pavillion at the World Expo in Dubai in October, African Intelligence understands.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.04.2021

Ethiopia, Morocco
UK-based 54 Capital moves to save its pharmaceutical plant in Tigray

Founded by two Moroccan bankers, the investment fund 54 Capital is reeling from the halting of Ethiopia's largest pharamceutical plant forced by hostilities in the Tigray region.

Subscribers only Business 08.04.2021

Morocco
CMS gets set for king's vast Boujdour wind farm

The construction and engineering firm will help build a huge array of turbines in Western Sahara owned by royal holding company Al Mada. Since its acquisition by the king's former steward, Zouhair Fassi Fehri, CMS's turnover has increased fortyfold.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 07.04.2021

Morocco
Masen's entire executive commitee in trouble following Bakkoury

Breaking news published on 07/04/21, 5 p.m. - The travel ban placed on Morocco's sustainable energy agency boss Mustapha Bakkoury has now been extended to all four members of Masen's executive committee.

Subscribers only Business 07.04.2021

African Union
Why Rabat has four African Union education commissioner candidates

Mauritania, Tunisia and Morocco are now all vying for the seat of African Union commissioner for eduction that should be returning to North Africa. Rabat does not want to give up easily.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.04.2021

Morocco
OCP deepens its pockets to become a leader in hospitality

Since creating a hospitality branch with the Fund Hassan II and the ONCF one year ago, the powerful Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP) keeps injecting more capital into its subsidiary.

Subscribers only Business 05.04.2021

Morocco
French passport, German interests: the lowdown on Mustapha Bakkoury's fall

Top Makhzen technocrat and council president of the Casablanca-Settat region, Mustapha Bakkoury, is facing a backlash for his choices as head of the renewable energy agency Masen, a role that had already earned him the wrath of Mohammed VI.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 02.04.2021

Mustapha Bakkoury, president of the Casablanca-Settat region.

Morocco
Engie deploys Sebastien Arbola to resume talks with Nareva

French giant Engie and Nareva, a subsidiary of Mohammed VI's Al Mada holding company, are expected to relaunch their African renewable energy partnership and find a future at the Safi coal-fired power plant.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 31.03.2021

Sébastien Arbola, Executive Vice President of Engie.

Morocco
Berlin eases royal row by replacing Götz Schmidt-Bremme as ambassador

Germany will shortly replace its top diplomat in Morocco to repair relations strained over Western Sahara, Libya, and the activism of its political foundations.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.03.2021

German Ambassador to Morocco Götz Schmidt-Bremme with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Marrakech in 2018.

In Focus | Africa
Bongo, M6, Bakayoko and Bolloré: how rap stars hobnob at highest levels of African power

A number of leading rap stars, among them Akon, Booba and Gims, have established close links with the occupants of Africa's presidential palaces. And, because they serve as links between France and Africa, their services are actively sought by the French government, which is looking for ways to communicate with young people in Africa.

Subscribers only Politics 22.03.2021

Morocco
Masen's big solar farm programme risks blowing a fuse

Renewable energy agency Masen, which plans to use private investment to develop a number of PV power stations, is having to deal with ill will on the part of national electricity utility ONEE at a time when its chairman Mustapha Bakkoury is out of favour politically.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 22.03.2021

Algeria, Morocco, Sahel
Algiers and Rabat jostle for influence in the Sahel

Since the 18 August Mali coup and with tensions flaring over Western Sahara, the Sahel has become the new stage for Algeria and Morocco's battle for influence.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.03.2021

Bah N'Daw hosted by Algerian Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad on 13 March.

Morocco
Moulay Rachid casts himself as aviation industry's business angel following Boeing deal

Prince Moulay Rachid, the brother of Mohammed VI, is looking to open up his MAIC fund, set up to finance the creation TDM Aerospace, to Moroccan institutional investors with a view to expanding subcontracting opportunities with Boeing and Airbus.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 18.03.2021

Morocco
Afrique Advisors sets out to conquer Washington

Consulting firm Afrique Advisors, founded by Laïla Slassi and Talal Belrhiti, has opened a branch in Washington DC to conduct lobbying activities in the United States.

Subscribers only Business 15.03.2021

Morocco
Interior ministry seeks new cybersecurity provider

A number of IT security firms are making overtures to interior minister Abdelouafi Laftit as he looks to improve security on the ministry's IT network. He has issued a tender call with the aim of finding a company to replace the existing security system with a new one.

Subscribers only Business 12.03.2021

Morocco, Tunisia
After Cloud Temple and Inwi, Mohamed Ali Chouchane sits on cloud nine in Casablanca

Following a seven-month spell as the technical director of Inwi, the telecommunication operator owned by Al Mada, Mohamed Ali Chouchane has created his own consultancy Innovcity, based in Casablanca.

Subscribers only Business 11.03.2021

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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Morocco
National police to expand all-seeing eye on Casablanca

Morocco
Claude Fraissinet, Macron's future party rep in Western Sahara

Morocco
Morocco orders Turkish armed drones as hostilities resume in Western Sahara

Morocco
Bourita lines up successors to France and EU ambassadors Benmoussa and Rahhou

Morocco, UAE
Nadia Fettah Alaoui to replace troubled Mustapha Bakkoury at Expo 2020 in Dubai

Ethiopia, Morocco
UK-based 54 Capital moves to save its pharmaceutical plant in Tigray

Morocco
CMS gets set for king's vast Boujdour wind farm

Morocco
Masen's entire executive commitee in trouble following Bakkoury

African Union
Why Rabat has four African Union education commissioner candidates

Morocco
OCP deepens its pockets to become a leader in hospitality

Morocco
French passport, German interests: the lowdown on Mustapha Bakkoury's fall

Morocco
Engie deploys Sebastien Arbola to resume talks with Nareva

Morocco
Berlin eases royal row by replacing Götz Schmidt-Bremme as ambassador

In Focus | Africa
Bongo, M6, Bakayoko and Bolloré: how rap stars hobnob at highest levels of African power

Morocco
Masen's big solar farm programme risks blowing a fuse

Algeria, Morocco, Sahel
Algiers and Rabat jostle for influence in the Sahel

Morocco
Moulay Rachid casts himself as aviation industry's business angel following Boeing deal

Morocco
Afrique Advisors sets out to conquer Washington

Morocco
Interior ministry seeks new cybersecurity provider

Morocco, Tunisia
After Cloud Temple and Inwi, Mohamed Ali Chouchane sits on cloud nine in Casablanca

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Morocco National police to expand all-seeing eye on Casablanca

Morocco Claude Fraissinet, Macron's future party rep in Western Sahara

Morocco Morocco orders Turkish armed drones as hostilities resume in Western Sahara

Morocco Bourita lines up successors to France and EU ambassadors Benmoussa and Rahhou

Morocco, UAE Nadia Fettah Alaoui to replace troubled Mustapha Bakkoury at Expo 2020 in Dubai

Ethiopia, Morocco UK-based 54 Capital moves to save its pharmaceutical plant in Tigray

Morocco CMS gets set for king's vast Boujdour wind farm

Morocco Masen's entire executive commitee in trouble following Bakkoury

African Union Why Rabat has four African Union education commissioner candidates

Morocco OCP deepens its pockets to become a leader in hospitality

Morocco French passport, German interests: the lowdown on Mustapha Bakkoury's fall

Morocco Engie deploys Sebastien Arbola to resume talks with Nareva

Morocco Berlin eases royal row by replacing Götz Schmidt-Bremme as ambassador

In Focus | Africa Bongo, M6, Bakayoko and Bolloré: how rap stars hobnob at highest levels of African power

Morocco Masen's big solar farm programme risks blowing a fuse

Algeria, Morocco, Sahel Algiers and Rabat jostle for influence in the Sahel

Morocco Moulay Rachid casts himself as aviation industry's business angel following Boeing deal

Morocco Afrique Advisors sets out to conquer Washington

Morocco Interior ministry seeks new cybersecurity provider

Morocco, Tunisia After Cloud Temple and Inwi, Mohamed Ali Chouchane sits on cloud nine in Casablanca

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Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Morocco
National police to expand all-seeing eye on Casablanca

Morocco
Claude Fraissinet, Macron's future party rep in Western Sahara

Morocco
Morocco orders Turkish armed drones as hostilities resume in Western Sahara

Morocco
Bourita lines up successors to France and EU ambassadors Benmoussa and Rahhou

Morocco, UAE
Nadia Fettah Alaoui to replace troubled Mustapha Bakkoury at Expo 2020 in Dubai

Ethiopia, Morocco
UK-based 54 Capital moves to save its pharmaceutical plant in Tigray

Morocco
CMS gets set for king's vast Boujdour wind farm

Morocco
Masen's entire executive commitee in trouble following Bakkoury

African Union
Why Rabat has four African Union education commissioner candidates

Morocco
OCP deepens its pockets to become a leader in hospitality

Morocco
French passport, German interests: the lowdown on Mustapha Bakkoury's fall

Morocco
Engie deploys Sebastien Arbola to resume talks with Nareva

Morocco
Berlin eases royal row by replacing Götz Schmidt-Bremme as ambassador

In Focus | Africa
Bongo, M6, Bakayoko and Bolloré: how rap stars hobnob at highest levels of African power

Morocco
Masen's big solar farm programme risks blowing a fuse

Algeria, Morocco, Sahel
Algiers and Rabat jostle for influence in the Sahel

Morocco
Moulay Rachid casts himself as aviation industry's business angel following Boeing deal

Morocco
Afrique Advisors sets out to conquer Washington

Morocco
Interior ministry seeks new cybersecurity provider

Morocco, Tunisia
After Cloud Temple and Inwi, Mohamed Ali Chouchane sits on cloud nine in Casablanca