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Drought haunts Morocco’s crop year

Late rainfall is auguring ill for this year’s crop year in Morocco amid a depletion of water dam filling rate to worrying levels. Last year Morocco had an exceptional cereals harvest of 13.5 million tons and exports of agri-food products rose 9.2% to 69 billion dirhams. This year however farmers are ringing the alarm bell […]

Africa’s crypto winter: arrest of FTX’s boss prompts calls for tighter regulation

At the heart of the Africa’s crypto boom was FTX, an international exchange run by US crypto guru Sam Bankman-Fried, whose collapse in November has sent shockwaves across the continent, along with calls for more regulation. An unknown number of African customers held funds on the Bahamas-based platform, as did numerous African startups. On Tuesday […]

COP-27: Prince Moulay Rachid Represents Morocco’s King at Climate Summit

Morocco’s Prince Moulay Rachid is representing King Mohammed VI at COP-27 Climate summit which opened Monday in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, to discuss global efforts to reduce CO2 emissions and speed up transition from fossil fuels to green economy. On his arrival at the International Conference Centre, Prince Moulay Rachid was greeted on a red […]