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COVID-19: Francophonie 18th summit in Tunisia postponed to 2021

L’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), also known as Francophonie, has postponed to next year its 18th summit, initially scheduled for December 2020 in Tunisia, over the covid-19 pandemic. “Due to the health crisis that has hit the entire world and the various uncertainties that stem from it, Tunisia proposed that the summit takes place […]

Morocco unseats Spain to become third-largest global tomato exporter

Morocco has officially overtaken Spain to become the world’s third-largest exporter of fresh tomatoes, marking a major shift in global agricultural trade, according to UN COMTRADE data cited by Hortoinfo. Morocco exported 767,000 tons of tomatoes in 2024, surpassing Spain’s 638,000 tons and Turkey’s 492,000 tons, the source said. This rise reflects a dramatic transformation […]

Russia’s UN veto delivers unexpected victory for Morocco on Sahara issue

Russia’s veto of a US-draft resolution at the UN Security Council on Oct 30 has handed Morocco a decisive diplomatic triumph. By blocking a text that enshrined autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty as the sole basis for resolving the Sahara question, Moscow inadvertently terminated the mandate of MINURSO. The mission, long criticized in Rabat as a […]