Morocco to turn 5200 hectares in Dakhla into irrigated area

Morocco is set to turn vast swathes of land in the southern provinces, the Sahara, into green productive areas with the recent launch of a tender to attract private investors to develop 5200 hectares in Dakhla into irrigated productive farms offering jobs to locals and supplying the domestic market, the agriculture ministry said. The public-private […]

American Jewish Committee Welcomes US support for Morocco’s sovereignty over Sahara

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomed the US decision to recognize and back Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. This recognition was “long-awaited, eminently sound and deserves continued support,” wrote the committee’s Chief Policy and Political Affairs Officer, Jason Isaacson, in a comment posted on the AJC website and published by the US magazine Newsweek. After […]

Indian pharma company halts cough syrup production after Gambia child fatalities

India has halted all production at Maiden Pharmaceuticals’ main factory near New Delhi after a WHO report that the company’s cough syrups exported to the Gambia may be linked to the deaths of dozens of children there. The recent incident which has claimed the lives of 69 children, according to WHO, has come as a […]