Morocco has supplied Spain with two-thirds of its watermelon needs and sold France 45% of its imports of the water intensive fruit in 2023, despite persisting drought. Morocco faces growing competition from Senegal and Mauritania in the European watermelon market. Watermelon farms have been accused of depleting underground water in Moroccan southern desert areas. The […]
A plan to set up financial incentives to attract more international filmmakers to Morocco was unveiled in Rabat with the aim of tripling investments by foreign producers in the Kingdom. Speaking at a conference, Director General of Morocco’s cinema center (CCM) Sarim Fassi Fihri underscored the plan’s beneficial impact on job creation notably in the […]
Algeria will continue to supply gas to Morocco through the Maghreb-Europe pipeline as the two countries prepare to renew a contract that will expire in 2021, Algerian Energy Minister Mustapha Guitouni told Reuters. Morocco will take full ownership of the pipeline that channels gas to Spain in 2021, the Algerian minister said following talks with […]
