Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, was re-elected Vice-President of the Executive Board of UNICEF for the third consecutive year. The Moroccan diplomat was unanimously re-elected to the position for 2021 by the Group of African Ambassadors to the United Nations, who mark thus their confidence in the Ambassador of the Kingdom, […]
Turkish explorations offshore Somalia led to the discovery of commercially viable crude oil, estimated at 20 billion barrels. Turkey and Somalia had signed a deal under which Turkey controls 90% of oil and gas output rights. The deal triggered criticism for its unfavorable terms for Somalia, a war-torn and cash-strapped country. Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh […]
Morocco’s Lesieur Cristal, a company that produces cooking oil and soap, took control of Avril’s activity in Africa, following a merger-acquisition, by which the Moroccan company bought Senegal’s Oleosen. In addition to Oleosen, which produces cooking oil, the Moroccan group took control of Cristal Tunisia which besides table oil also makes soap. Lesieur Cristal has […]
