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Morocco’s soft wheat subsidies to soar to 3.84 billion dirhams ($410 million)

Morocco’s braces for a surge in the bill of subsidies to keep bread prices stable from 1.3 billion dirhams in a normal year to 3.844 billion dirhams expected this year, Delegate Minister in charge of the budget Fouzi Lekjaa said. Speaking to reporters following the weekly government council, Lekjaa deplored the difficult conditions in the […]

Morocco’s port traffic surges 10.2% in first quarter of 2025

Morocco’s national ports handled 60.8 million tons of commercial cargo during the first quarter of 2025, representing a 10.2% increase compared to the same period last year, according to the Financial Studies and Forecasts Directorate (DEPF). The growth was primarily driven by transhipment traffic, which surged 12.7% and accounted for 49.9% of total port activity. […]

IGAD, African Union , UN Voice Deep Concern Over Escalating Violence in Sudan’s El Obeid

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the African Union have expressed in separate statements grave concern over the worsening security situation in Sudan’s El Obeid, a key city in Sudan’s North Kordofan state, amid continued fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), warning that continued fighting could deepen […]