Morocco’s OCP to set up phosphate fertilizer plant in Brazil

Morocco’s OCP Group is set to open a new phosphate fertilizer manufacturing plant in Brazil, announced Brazil’s Agriculture Minister on Twitter earlier this week. The move contributes to the stabilization of the market amid a global shortage in fertilizers and their inputs because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a shortage that was worsened by the conflict […]

AQIM leader and Algeria’s ally Iyad Ag Ghali wanted by ICC

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against terrorist leader Iyad Ag Ghaly and urged states to cooperate to bring him before justice, in a clear allusion to Algeria. Ghaly is wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in northern Mali between January 2012 and January 2013. A Tuareg descendant of […]

Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project Taking Shape

The Nigeria-Morocco huge gas pipeline project, agreed upon last year, is taking shape with the signing Monday in Rabat of additional agreements related to the pipeline that will stretch along the West African coast all the way up from Nigeria to Morocco and eventually into Europe. The agreements were signed at a ceremony chaired by […]