Antony Blinken, Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, Sameh Shoukry, Yair Lapid, Nasser Bourita, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Morocco’s tomatoes production up 17% in 2014-2023

Morocco’s production of tomatoes grew by 17% between 2014 and 2023, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said. Production increased from 1.23 million tons a decade earlier to 1.44 in 2023, it said, noting a drop in some main markets. The EU expects Morocco to remain its main tomato supplier until 2035, due to […]

Bean disease decimates harvest in Ghana’s key cocoa farming region

The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) warned of a bean disease that has infected 81% of the cocoa harvest in Western North, Ghana’s third largest cocoa producing region. The news came as Ghana, the second largest cocoa producer, reported a below average harvest this year at 429,323 tons, as climate change induced heat waves adds to […]

Palestine: New EU Foreign policy chief supports Palestinian statehood

Palestine’s desire of statehood has received another boost after the newly appointed EU Foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, stated that it was time to establish a Palestinian state and not just stopping at recognizing it. Mogherini is preparing to visit the region by the weekend and has stressed that it was time to “move forward” […]