Electoral law

Morocco closes neighborhoods in Casablanca to fight coronavirus

Authorities closed a number of neighborhoods in Hay Mohammedi district in Casablanca to better fight the coronavirus outbreak as active cases in the economic capital exceeded 2000. Casablanca and seven other cities have been locked with entries and exists allowed on special permits only. The exodus from big cities to smaller towns during the Eid […]

Arab League S.G to Step Down in July, Successor already Picked up

The Arab League will be choosing a new Secretary General in July after Nabil al-Arabi revealed that he had told the Egyptian Government not to renew his mandate. The Arab League is headquartered in Cairo and is traditionally headed by an Egyptian diplomat except for the eleven years that followed the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty when […]

Morocco’s OCP criticizes US tariff hikes on fertilizer imports

Morocco’s fertilizers and phosphates giant OCP criticized the decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) to increase customs duty on Moroccan fertilizers from 14.21% to 16.81%. This new rate, announced after a review of the countervailing duty (CVD), applies retroactively as the final tariff rate for our 2022 imports into the United States, OCP […]