The association of Moroccan fruits and vegetables producers (APEFEL) said the high prices in the Moroccan market were due to higher production costs notably those of fertilizers and pesticides. Speaking to MPs, APEFEL representatives said ammonia and phosphates-based fertilizers saw prices rise 466% and 61% respectively, which was in turn repercussed on consumer prices. This […]
Morocco has offered 1 billion dirhams so far in reconstruction aid to 51,300 households hose houses were totally or partially destroyed in the September 7 quake that hit the High Atlas. The government has offered 20,000 dirhams in a first stage aid to families to start rebuilding their homes and started disbursing a second batch […]
Mali’s military government would exercise its right to self-defense if France continued to undermine the West African country’s sovereignty and national security, Mali’s foreign affairs minister Abdoulaye Diop warned on Tuesday (18 October). During a speech delivered at a United Nations Security Council briefing on Mali in New York, Diop accused France of violating Malian […]
