Morocco

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Morocco is rapidly growing its EV production capacity

By Peter Schulte / September 20, 2024

Morocco has already established itself as a leading power in the African automotive sector. It now aspires to lead the way on the transition to EVs. The country currently produces between 40,000 and 50,000 electric vehicles (EVs) per year. However, this is expected to increase to around 100,000 units by 2025. By 2030, EVs are expected to account for up to 60% of all cars exported. The country has also entered into strategic partnerships that aim to create a solid foundation for the electric vehicle industry and supply chain, with investments totalling about $10 billion USD.

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Morocco becomes first African nation to produce its own cancer diagnosis tests

By Peter Schulte / January 30, 2023

The new tests are expected to eventually cut costs and waiting times significantly not only in Morocco, but across the entire continent.

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Morocco will be first African country to provide military aid to Ukraine

By Peter Schulte / December 16, 2022

At the request of the United States, the Moroccan authorities have decided to transfer spare parts for T-72 tanks to Ukraine, becoming the first African country to provide military assistance to Kyiv.

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Morocco extends paid paternity leave

By Peter Schulte / May 19, 2022

The new measure aims to offer Morocco’s working-class a paid parental leave of 15 days, up from the current three-day leave.

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Conservationists bring the Saharan gazelle back from the brink of extinction

By Peter Schulte / November 10, 2021

After a captive-breeding program in Spain, Dama gazelles have been reintroduced in protected reserves in Tunisia, Morocco, and Senegal and number roughly 4,000.

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Morocco aims for 50% renewable energy by 2030

By Peter Schulte / January 22, 2021

By 2030, Morocco wants to be at 50% renewable energy (for electricity needs), and it aims to reach 100% renewables by 2050.

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Morocco sends 8 million masks to 15 African countries

By Peter Schulte / June 17, 2020

The aid also includes 900,000 visors, 600,000 hygiene caps, 60,000 medical coats, 30,000 litres of hydroalcoholic gel, 15,000 packs of Azithromycin, and more.

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Morocco unveils a massive solar power plant in the Sahara

By Peter Schulte / February 23, 2018

Morocco has officially turned on a massive solar power plant in the Sahara Desert, kicking off the first phase of a planned project to provide renewable energy to more than a million Moroccans.

Courtyard of the mosque and its minaret at University of Al Qaraouiyine

The University of Al-Karaouine, founded by a Muslim woman, becomes the world's first university

By Peter Schulte / March 10, 1003

Over the centuries, the University of Al-Karaouine became a key spiritual and educational center in the Muslim world.

Masinissa founds the kingdom of Numidia

By Peter Schulte / September 27, 1002

Numidia (202 B.C.E. – 40 B.C.E., Berber: Inumiden) was an ancient Berber kingdom of the Numidians, located in what is now Algeria and a smaller part of Tunisia, Libya, and Morocco in the Berber world.