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Morocco’s winter rains boost prospects for farming season, minister

Generous rainfall and snowfall since mid-November have given a major boost to Morocco’s 2025 agricultural season, Agriculture Minister Ahmed Bouari said, highlighting improvements in crop conditions, water reserves and grazing lands. Speaking to members of the Moroccan parliament, Bouari said the abundant rainfall had a “direct and beneficial impact” on wheat, vegetables and fruit trees, […]

Morocco defends multilateralism in countering COVID at NAM summit

Morocco reiterated its call on the members of the Non Aligned Movement to promote multilateralism particularly at a context humanity is struggling against the coronavirus pandemic.   The call was launched by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita when addressing, via videoconference, the summit of the Non Aligned Movement contact group. Bourita recalled the contents of an […]

Moroccan navy rescues 59 migrants at sea

A frigate of the royal navy rescued off Dakhla, in the southern provinces, 59 sub-Saharan migrants. The migrants were on board a small boat heading to the Canary Islands before they were intercepted by the navy. About two-thirds of illegal arrivals to Spain were registered in the Canary Island, following a surge in embarkations from […]