Eighty years later and 11 million foreign tourists seemingly agree that Morocco is a nice place to spend an afternoon or three. On the quayside at Tangier Med I were giant wind-turbine blades. Like the high-speed train and Tangier Med I and II, Noor is a calculated gamble. “When His Majesty,” explains Morocco’s Africa Minister Mohcine Jazouli, “took over on the death of his father King Hassan II, he had a plan. We say Morocco is the place to be if you want to be competitive in Europe.”Game of Thrones it may have been at the outset, but Morocco is increasingly the face that modern Africa needs.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 18, 2019 18:56 UTC