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Morocco braces for higher wheat import costs as global reserves hit decade low

Morocco faces mounting pressure on its grain import bill as global wheat stocks are projected to fall to their lowest levels in nearly a decade, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts released this August 2025. The USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report reveals that global wheat reserves could drop to […]

UN Warning of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ in Central African Republic

Muslims in the Central African Republic (CAR) were facing “ethno-religious cleansing” as French troops struggle to contain the Christian ‘anti-balaka. militias, warned UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, in an interview with FRANCE 24 earlier this week. This warning comes after an alarming discovery by French troops on patrol in a rural region west […]

Sahara: France Welcomes Geneva Talks

France welcomed Friday the holding of the first round table on the Sahara and reiterated “its full support” to the UN-led efforts to reach a just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution to this regional dispute. France welcomes the holding of the initial round table that brought together Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, and the Polisario, said the […]