King Mohammed VI with Jared Kushner

Morocco’s OCP maintains leadership in African fertilizers market

Morocco’s phosphate group OCP has shown resilience and agility amid the coronavirus crisis and is forging ahead to bolster its leadership position in the African fertilizers market. The group maintains its fertilizers factories in Ghana, Nigeria and Ethiopia unchanged and expects to switch them on by 2024, the OCP told Reuters. Nigeria plant in particular […]

Morocco to suspend soft wheat imports on improved harvest

Morocco will suspend imports of soft wheat from June 1 to July 31 after a rainy season that bodes well for this 2025–2026 agricultural season, the national millers’ federation (FNM) said. Morocco’s cereals harvest is expected to more than double to 9 million tons this year. The import suspension aims to protect and encourage the […]

Tunisia: Private Channel Attassia TV to Air Interview with Moncef Marzouki despite Threats

Local private channel Attassia TV announced Thursday it would go ahead and air an interview with former President Moncef Marzouki despite threats from the offices of the President and the Prime minister, reports say. Censorship of an interview with Marzouki, also leader of Al-Irada party, has been at the center of heated debate in Tunisia’s […]