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Drought haunts Morocco’s crop year

Late rainfall is auguring ill for this year’s crop year in Morocco amid a depletion of water dam filling rate to worrying levels. Last year Morocco had an exceptional cereals harvest of 13.5 million tons and exports of agri-food products rose 9.2% to 69 billion dirhams. This year however farmers are ringing the alarm bell […]

African economy to grow 3.4% in 2024, World Bank

African economy is expected to grow by 3.4% this year and 3.8 in 2025, said the World Bank, noting that the rate was not enough to curb poverty. The continent needs higher growth rates to help at least 462 million people in sub-Sahara who were still living in extreme poverty by 2023, the World Bank […]

US bans sending bomb sniffing-dogs to Egypt, Jordan over negligence

The US has stopped supplying Egypt and Jordan with bomb sniffing-dogs after reports of negligence and deaths of the security animals. “Any death of a canine in the field is an extremely sad event and we will take every measure possible to prevent this from happening in the future,” said the Department of State. A […]