The African Development Bank, AfDB, has accorded $80 million credit facility earmarked to enhance food self-sufficiency and security, through securing the supply of soft wheat, barley and fertilizers. The loan deal was signed Thursday between Samir Said, Tunisia’s Minister of Economy and Planning and Mohamed El Azizi, the Director General, Regional Development and Service Delivery […]
US has lifted a ban on citrus fruits originating from the fields of the eastern Moroccan region of Berkane, which was imposed on December 23, 2016, the National Food Safety Authority (ONSSA) said. The resumption of US imports of Berkane’s citrus was based on the results of an inspection conducted by US experts from the […]
The appeals court in Casablanca upheld the prison terms handed to dozen Rif protest leaders after a first instance verdict gave sentences from one year suspended to twenty years in jail. The Protests, which rocked Al Hoceima in 2016 and 2017, were sparked after a fishmonger was crashed in a garbage truck while trying to […]
