Nador West Med Port: Marsa Maroc joins forces with French CMA-CGM Group to operate west container terminal

Marsa Maroc, Morocco’s major port terminals operator, has joined forces with CMA Terminals, a subsidiary of the French CMA CGM Group, to operate the West Container Terminal at the Port of Nador West Med, a major strategic hub on Morocco’s Mediterranean coast. The two partners have set up a Joint Venture which will be responsible […]

New UK Ambassador to Rabat to boost partnership after London’s backing of Morocco’s autonomy in Sahara

Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita received on Friday in Rabat newly appointed UK ambassador to Morocco Mr. Alex Pinfield OBE who presented copies of his credentials to the minister. Mr Pinfield has been in the Diplomatic Service for over 25 years, with a career focused across Asia and the Middle East.  Prior to his appointment […]

Mozambique: illicit trade in ‘conflict timber’ smuggled to China funds insurgency, EIA warns

Timber smuggling, estimated to be worth $23 million a year, from Mozambique’s ancient forests to China is helping to fund the country’s Islamic-State linked militants operating in its northernmost province of Cabo Delgado, according to a new report by Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), A multi-year investigation by the NGO, which campaigns against alleged environmental crime, […]