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UN Sees Impending Demise of Maghreb Union

Eight months after the landmark speech of King Mohammed VI at the African Union Summit in which he deplored that the “flame of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) has faded because faith in a common interest has vanished,” the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) came to the same conclusion ringing the alarm bell as […]

Confinement helped Morocco curb contagion by 85% – Minister

The restrictive measures and night curfew adopted by Morocco helped contain the coronavirus outbreak and cut infections by 85%, health minister said. The treatment based on chloroquine adopted by Morocco has helped many patients recover but studies have yet to be carried out on the side-effects, Khalid Ait Taleb said. The end of the confinement, […]

Moroccan tomato exports under attack by Eurasian Union

Morocco’s competitiveness in agricultural exports have irked the Eurasian Economic Union whose members are pressuring Russia to halt importing tomatoes from the North African country. The Eurasian union of tomato exporters complains of what it deems as unfair competition from Moroccan counterparts whose produce is better and cheaper despite the distance. Fruit and vegetable associations […]