L’Agence Française de Developpement will extend Morocco a loan of €50 million and a subsidy of €1 million to secure access to drinking water in the Northern provinces of the Kingdom. The related agreement was signed Wednesday in Rabat by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the National Office of Electricity and Water (ONEE). In the rural areas in the Northern provinces, access to drinking water is at 86% as opposed to the national average of 96.5%. The €1 million grant from AFD will be used to carry out studies and capacity building actions, the statement said. This partnership between AFD and ONEE should make it possible to generalize and secure access to drinking water for residents of the Northern provinces.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 18, 2019 02:48 UTC