Morocco, Mozambique set up business council to bolster joint investment

The employers’ unions of Morocco and Mozambique have agreed to set up a joint business council to foster trade exchanges and economic cooperation between the two African countries. The agreement was inked Thursday in Marrakesh by Chakib Alj, President of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM), and Agostinho Zacarias Vuma, Chairman of the Confederation […]

Algeria, after Muzzling the Press, Censors Critical Academic Research

After censoring and co-opting the free press sending several journalists to jail, now is the turn of academicians. The Algerian regime moved to stifle researchers who venture to do objective study unearthing the predicaments of the ailing military regime in Algiers. The case of Leila Sidhoum is illustrative of the authoritarian measures prejudicial to the […]

OCP Group’s turnover scores 18.5% increase in first half of 2021

Morocco’s OCP Group, the world leader in the fertilizers market, posted sales of 32.5 billion dirhams, in the first half of 2021, up 18.5% compared to the same period last year when sales amounted to 27.4 billion dirhams.   In the second quarter of 2021, the turnover reached 18.19 billion dirhams, compared to MAD 15.13 […]