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Drought shrinks Morocco’s cereals harvest by 67%

Lack of rainfall has weighed on Morocco’s cereals harvest which dropped to 34 million quintals this year, down 67% from last year, the agriculture ministry said. Soft wheat yield stood at 18.9 million quintals, hard wheat at 8.1 million quintals and barley at 7 million quintals as the country registered a drop of 34% in […]

Tunisia: Inflation stagnates at 6.7% in October for the third consecutive month

According to data released by the National Institute of Statistics (INS), the inflation rate in October 2024 held steady at 6.7%. This overall stability reflects a mix of accelerating and slowing price trends across different categories. On one side, the rise in the inflation rate is driven by sharper year-on-year increases in the “restaurant, cafe, […]

Pope Francis coming to Morocco as “a pilgrim of peace & fraternity”

On the eve of his visit to Morocco at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, Pope Francis expressed, on Thursday, his thanks to the Sovereign for this ‘gracious’ invitation. In a video message to the Moroccan people, Pope Francis says he is coming to the Kingdom as a “pilgrim of peace […]