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Morocco’s fisheries exports up 7% by September

Morocco’s exports of sea food rose 7% to 570,000 by September this year compared to the same period last year, agriculture and fisheries ministry said. Canned sardine exports alone grew 6% to 116,850 tons, worth 3.6 billion dirhams, thanks in particular to higher sales in Mauritania, the US and Ghana. Frozen fish exports rose 28% […]

Morocco: MPs adopt bill legalizing use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes

The House of Representatives adopted, on Wednesday the bill legalizing the use of cannabis for medical purposes. The text on “the legal uses of cannabis, medical, cosmetic and industrial”, was adopted by the House of Representatives with 119 votes for and 48 against. The deputies of the Justice and Development Party (PJD), at the head […]

Rights Watchdogs decry ‘unprecedented’ clampdown on migrants, critics in Tunisia

A constellation of rights watchdogs, including Amnesty International, have condemned the Tunisian regime for its violent crackdown on migrants and for repression against critics, which intensified ahead of the Presidential elections in what was once the Arab Spring success story. In the past few days, Tunisian authorities arrested lawyers and journalists in an “”an unprecedented […]