Africa’s Great Green Wall: a bursting dream?
A giant vegetation barrier to stop desertification: The Great Green Wall is the world’s most ambitious project to fight the impact of climate change. Why it is struggling to reach its potential.
Renewed clashes in Western Sahara shed light on the plight of the Sahrawi people
Hostilities between Morocco and the Sahrawi people over control of Western Sahara defy a 1991 peace treaty that hasn’t been brought to fruition.
A marathon in the Tindouf refugee camps reminds us that African decolonisation isn’t over
Si chiama Sahara Marathon ed è una maratona tra i campi profughi di Tindouf, in Algeria. Una volta all’anno ci ricorda che la decolonizzazione in Africa non è ancora finita.
Morocco’s King opens world’s largest concentrating solar power plant
King Mohammed VI opens what will become the largest concentrating solar power plant in the world when completed. Three projects that, combined with the photovoltaic phase (Noor IV), will make Noor Ouarzazate, Morocco, world’s largest multi-technology solar production site.
A mega solar plant in Morocco will bring energy to 1 million people
A concentrated solar power plant in Morocco, in Ouarzazate, will be the vastest in the world. It will supply energy to 1 million people for 20 hours a day.
Solar power is booming. Morocco will be home to the world’s largest solar power plant
Lo confermano i progetti in Paesi come il Marocco, gli studi pubblicati su riviste scientifiche, le proiezioni dell’Agenzia internazionale dell’energia. È boom per il solare e per le rinnovabili.
Moroccan women hand-weave the magic carpet of sustainable development
Design must cooperate with sustainable development. Arte Fatto Onlus’ project in Morocco’s Figuig oasis harnesses the economic potential of women weavers.
Nigeria bans female genital cutting, but it’s not enough
Africa’s most populous state, Nigeria, has made female genital cutting (or mutilation) illegal. But legal strategies aren’t enough.
Saad Lamjarred: history’s most viewed Arabic music video all the way from Morocco
The Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred earned a Guinness World Record thanks to the popularity of his latest music video.
From Moroccan tradition, gommage
In the hammam you can take care of your body with different types of treatment including gommage, for a cleansed and healthy skin.