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Tunisia: State of Emergency Extended for Three Months

Tunisian President Kais Saied has extended for three months the state of emergency in place since November 2015 following a series of deadly attacks that killed over 70 people, mostly foreign tourists. The decision according to the office of the president was taken following consultation with caretaker Prime Minister Youssef Chahed and the Speaker of […]

Auto parts maker Aptiv mulls relocating Ukraine production to Morocco

Automotive parts manufacturer Aptiv is mulling to relocate some of its production from Ukraine to Morocco, Aptiv’s CEO Still Joseph Massaro said. “Aptiv, based in Dublin, is trying to shift production to Poland, Romania, Serbia and possibly Morocco,” AP news agency reported citing Massaro. After the coronavirus pandemic and now the war in Ukraine, Morocco […]

Morocco’s legal cannabis trade struggles against black market dominance

In the scorching heat of Morocco’s Rif mountains, Abderrahman Talbi tends his cannabis plants without the fear that has haunted farmers here for generations. “I can now say I am a cannabis farmer without fear,” he tells Reuters. “Peace of mind has no price.” Two years after Morocco legalized cannabis cultivation for medical and industrial […]