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Morocco: Government adopts draft bill legalizing use of Cannabis for medical purposes

The Moroccan government on Thursday adopted a draft law legalizing the use of cannabis for medical purposes. The law will enter into force after approval of the parliament and after it is published in the official bulletin. The draft law provides for the setting up of a national agency in charge of buying the plant […]

Libyan Crisis: Morocco Expresses “deep astonishment” over Exclusion from Berlin Conference

Morocco has expressed its astonishment over its exclusion from the conference on the Libyan crisis, scheduled to be held in Berlin, Germany, Sunday Jan. 19.   Morocco, which hosted the inter-Libyan negotiations that were crowned by the Skhirat Accords, signed on December 17, 2015, and considered so far for as the only basis for a […]

New Talks Fail to Solve Dispute over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

In Addis Ababa, a major meeting on the future of Africa’s biggest hydroelectric dam— (GERD)—has ended without agreement. This is the fourth meeting in the latest efforts by water ministers from Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to find a resolution to the tensions over the project. The dam is under-construction on Ethiopia’s Blue Nile, a main […]