Morocco posted a new blueberries export record in the 2023/2024 season at 67,300 tons, up 25% from last season, despite drought. Spain stood as the largest destination for Moroccan blueberries with 30% of all exports, followed by the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, and France, East Fruit reported. Morocco’s blueberries were also exported to the Gulf, […]
Before the Soviet Union controlled the former republics of Central Asia, Sufi brotherhoods dominated the religious scene in Chechnya, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. However, the Soviet policy toward Islam drove these Sufi groups underground for fear of persecution. In the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet bloc, legions of radical Islamists filled the gap left […]
UN secretary general Antonio Guterres reiterated that the mission of the MINURSO is to ensure the ceasefire is respected in the Sahara region between Morocco and the Algeria-based polisario front. The statement deals a blow to the Polisario and their Algerian mentors who are still waiting for a referendum, a proposal that proved infeasibility and […]
