Fertilizers: OCP pools efforts with IFDC for African farmers’ benefit

Morocco’s Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP) has sealed a multi-year partnership agreement with the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), and the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) “to collaborate on the engineering of new fertilizer technologies, improvement of crop and soil specific fertilizer recommendations, development of value chains and market systems, and research and implementation of […]

SDX Energy announces commercial gas findings in Northern Morocco

British company SDX Energy announced commercial gas findings during a recent drilling operation in northern Morocco, describing the discovery as excellent news.   In a press release, the company announced that it drilled the BMK-1 well to a measured depth of 1,551 meters and encountered commercial quantities of gas.   “The Upper Guebbas was encountered […]

Security Council extends UN mission for the Sahara for one year

The United Nations Security Council decided on Monday to extend the mandate of the UN Mission for the Sahara, MINURSO, for one year, while enshrining, once again, the preeminence of the Moroccan autonomy initiative to settle the regional dispute over the Sahara. The Security Council “decides to extend the mandate of MINURSO until October 31, […]