The outlook for Morocco’s crop year in 2018 is positive thanks to abundant rainfall, the agriculture ministry said in a statement. Cumulative rainfall reached 281 mm this year boding well for the yield, the statement said, adding that overall dam filling rate hit 59%. Last year, Morocco produced 96 million quintals of cereals, including 49 […]
Algeria’s former head of state from 1994 to 1999, Liamine Zeroual, has been tipped as a major contestant for the upcoming Algerian elections after pledges from different parts of the country continue to urge him to stand. He has not yet given a clue of his desires as he prepares to meet with the Movement […]
Kenya has halted diplomatic relations with Somalia after a row over oil and gas blocks spiraled out into conflict. Nairobi expelled Somalia’s ambassador on Saturday and called back its own representative in Mogadishu. Officials in Kenya said the Somalian Government’s decision to auction off oil and gas blocks in Kenya’s maritime territorial area that borders […]
