UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

King Mohammed VI Congratulates Liberia’s President-Elect

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has had a telephone call with President-Elect George Weah, a former international football star, who won Liberia’s presidential election, defeating Vice-president Joseph Boakai in a runoff with 61.5 pc of the vote. During the phone call, the Moroccan Sovereign offered his “warmest congratulations” to George Weah for his victory, said […]

U.S. Farmers Pushing for End of Countervailing Duties on Fertilizers Imports from Morocco Amid Soaring Prices

Sixty-five state and national groups, including the National Corn Growers Association, have called again on U.S. authorities to lift countervailing duties placed on phosphate fertilizers imported from Morocco to ease the pain felt by farmers as fertilizers prices reach new highs. In a letter sent lately to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, the American agricultural groups […]

African Stability and Liquidity Mechanism could help avert debt crisis — study

The looming debt crisis in Africa can only be resolved with a more stable and liquidity market in African government bonds, argue Daniel Cohen, the chair of Finance for Development Lab (FDL), and Ibrahim Elbadawi, the managing director of the Economic Research Forum, in a recent policy brief. As they struggle to secure investment to […]