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US Congressmen urge President Biden to drop tariffs on Moroccan fertilizers

A bipartisan group of U.S. congressmen urged President Joe Biden to waive duties on fertilizer imports from Morocco and Trinidad & Tobago following the spike of fertilizer prices because of a severe supply shortage. Over thirty senators and House representatives sent on Thursday a letter to President Biden requesting him to help U.S. farmers with […]

Africa’s twin drain: climate disasters and illicit fund transfers erode infrastructure and growth

Africa is losing billions each year to twin economic threats: climate-induced natural disasters and illicit financial flows, a new series of reports reveal. According to a new report by the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), natural disasters inflict $12.7 billion in annual damage to infrastructure across the continent. Floods alone account for nearly 69% […]

Morocco, Japan, UNDP pool efforts to fight youths’ radicalization

The Japanese Government and the UN Development Program (UNDP) are backing a project to combat online radicalization of youth in Morocco.   The one-year-long project, launched Thursday in Rabat, by the Rabita Mohammadia of Ulema, is meant to counter hate speech and raise awareness among young people to the contingency dangers of the Internet and […]