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Morocco’s OCP posts 72% rise in first half revenue

Morocco’s phosphates and fertilizers producer OCP said its revenue in the first six months rose 72% to a record 56 billion dirhams at a context of higher demand and higher prices in the international market. Fertilizers prices rose in the first half of this year due to supply disruption resulting from the war in Ukraine […]

Up to 80% of maize harvest decimated in southern Africa-WFP Says

Between 40% and 80% of the maize harvest has been destroyed by El Nino-induced drought in southern Africa, the UN World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain said. “I met farmers who usually grow enough to feed their families and communities. This year they harvested nothing. Now imagine a similar scenario for millions of people […]

Chad: Home security ministry bans demonstration in front of French military base

Mahamat Charfadine Margui, Chad’s Minister of Public Security, banned Wednesday a demonstration planned this Thursday December 28 by a political party in front of the French military base in the country. The sit-in, called for by Le Front Populaire pour la Fédération [Popular Front for the Federation], is illegal because it does not abide by […]