London, Oct. 2, 2019 (AltAfrica)-In Morocco, the first academic year of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Training Institute (IFMEREE-Tangiers) has been launched by the Minister of Education, Saïd Amzazi. Located in Tangier, the institute will award diplomas to qualified technicians who can integrate both theoretical and practical training as a ready made manpower for ...

London, Sep 20, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The maiden edition of Solar Decathlon Africa has produced its first wonder-a mini solar village of 20 houses built by participants in Benguérir, Morocco. The village was put together in three weeks as part of the Solar Decathlon Africa, a competition aimed at having students build modern houses that run exclusively ...

London, Sep 10, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Morocco and Switzerland have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation and share expertise in the field of road and rail transport The agreement was signed by a Moroccan delegation led by the Minister of Equipment, Abdelkader Amara, with the Federal Councilor Simonetta Sommaruga, Minister for the Environment, Transport, Energy and ...

London, August 29, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Oil giant, Total has inaugurated its thousandth solar powered service station, powered by solar panels in consonance with its global target to reduce carbon emissions by more than 50,000 tons per year.” The rooftop solar systems at the TOTAL Palmeraie retail outlet in Marrakesh, Morocco, are a milestone in the company’s ...

London, August 23, 2019 (AltAfrica)–Paleontologists from the UK’s National History Museum, in collaboration with their Moroccan counterparts, have discovered a new species of stegosaurian dinosaur. Not only is it the oldest definite stegosaur ever found, estimated to be 168 million years old, but it is also the first stegosaur to be found in North Africa. ...

London, August 23, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A ring of illegal animal trafficking network from Europe across Africa through Morocco has been busted by the Spanish Civil Guard. The international network specialised in trafficking protected species of animals ‘Operation Fennec’ supervised by Europol, is the fruit of a coordinated investigation with the participation of Portugal, Slovakia, and Morocco. ...

London, August 22, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Uruguayan prodigy Luis Suarez, and famous Barcelona FC striker has joined league of famous stars and footballer pilgrimage to Morocco for vacation Recently Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo spent his 4-day holiday in Marrakech while also visiting the building site of his hotel, Pestana CR7 on M Avenue, which is an extension of ...

London, August 16, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). is excited at the prospect of the Moroccan-Nigerian gas pipeline initiative which will link the two countries and serve several others in West Africa. ECOWAS believes that the pipeline project is a unifying trans-regional project, that will contribute to achieving the objectives of ...

London, July 26, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Following the July 24 landslide in El Haouz region, Moroccan Emergency Crew has recovered 15 bodies from the mud after a rare summer downpour triggered a landslide that buried a minibus, according to update on Morocco World News Local officials contacted by AFP confirmed that Wednesday evening’s deluge in the Atlas mountains south ...

London, July 20, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The police department of Agadir, Morocco has begun clampdown on professional begging with DNA tests. The police will now use DNA tests to verify the relationship of beggars to the children accompanying them. This initiative comes after the discovery of several networks specialized in begging and exploiting children and infants. The ...