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Géant Casino unveils around $64m expansion plan in Egypt

French hypermarket Géant Casino will invest about $64 million (EGP 1 billion) in Egypt as part of an expansion plan, reports say. The company, a subsidiary of Groupe Casino, as part of the plans, will open 15 new supermarkets, hypermarkets, and express markets in the Arab country. The announcement came the company inaugurated its first […]

Climate Change: Morocco Hosts 2nd Ministerial Conference on AAA Initiative

The Moroccan city of Benguerir (near Marrakech) is hosting this Nov.4-5 the 2nd annual ministerial conference of the Initiative for the Adaptation of African Agriculture to climate change (AAA Initiative). The event, organized under the theme: “Food Security Facing Climate Change”, brings together representatives of key financial institutions, donors, the private sector and scientific researchers […]

Morocco launches legislative process to legalize cannabis for medical purposes

The Moroccan government is expected to pass a draft law legalizing the use of cannabis for medical purposes, ending decades of debates over the substance. The law will enter into force after approval of the parliament and after it is published in the official bulletin. The same draft law provides for the setting up of […]