ECOWAS

Japan turns to Morocco for its food security

Japan is looking to Morocco to foster its food security in a global context marked by a surge in prices of soil nutrients on the back of the supply disruption created by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Japanese deputy agriculture minister Takebe Arata told the media during his visit to Rabat that his country is seeking larger […]

Morocco to Tap International Bond Market in 2019

Morocco will issue an international bond in 2019 said governor of the Central bank Abdellatif Jouahri, adding that the country may consider the renewal of the IMF precautionary liquidity line which expires this year. Jouahri was speaking to the press at a regular press conference in which he announced that the Central bank maintains its […]

Sahel: armed groups, illicit arms trade fuels drug trafficking — UNODC report

Drug trafficking continues to thrive in the Sahel, home to 300 million people and a buyer’s market for guns, because of non-state armed groups which are very active there, according to a new 2023 report published Monday June 26 by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The report explores the fight against […]