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Morocco, Germany keen to seal a new partnership

Morocco and Germany have both expressed keenness to give a new momentum to the two countries’ ties and to seal a new partnership. The announcement came in a joint statement by Morocco’s Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock issued Wednesday following a first video conference between the two officials, after […]

Morocco to plant Argan trees on 50,000 ha by 2030

As the world is celebrating this May 10 first- ever International Argan Tree Day, Morocco announced plans to speed up the process of planting argan trees to meet a growing international demand for argan oil and byproducts due to their health benefits. So, 50,000 hectares will be planted with argan trees by 2030 in the […]

Libya’s Post-Gaddafi Transition: Facing Challenges but Avoiding ‘Arab Winter’

It has been more than a year since Muammar Gaddafi died during the Battle of Sirte, his home town, thus symbolically bringing Libya’s 42-year-long nightmare to its end. Since then, Libya has experienced a relatively speedy transition from Gaddafi’s brutal dictatorial regime to a fledgling democracy when it held, in July 2012, its first free […]