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Eight Individuals in Preventive Detention over Fishmonger’s Tragic Death

The general prosecutor has ordered the preventive detention of 8 individuals out of 11 people charged in the gruesome death on Friday of the fishmonger crushed in a trash truck as he attempted to save his confiscated merchandise. The fishmonger, Mouhcine Fikri, 31, was killed when he jumped to save his swordfish, confiscated by the […]

Côte d’Ivoire to reduce cocoa exports due to bad harvest

Bad news for the chocolate market that could send already high prices skyrocketing. Côte d’Ivoire plans to slash its exports of cocoa in view of prospects of a bad harvest. Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s second largest producer of the main chocolate ingredient, has experienced heavy rainfall that threatens to compromise crops for the second year […]

Egypt: the country has a large consumer base

Mansour group is planning to sell its supermarket chain, Metro, and discount grocery store Kheir Zaman. Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) has set its eyes on the supermarket in a deal estimated around $200 to $300 million. Egypt’s largest supermarket chain is Metro. It is present in 10 cities with more than 40 outlets. MAF gained […]