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Morocco cancels customs duty on oilseeds

Morocco has canceled customs duty on oilseeds and other ingredients used for table oil in order to deal with skyrocketing prices. The decision was announced by the government spokesman Mustapha Baitas following the weekly cabinet meeting Thursday. The decision aims to alleviate the financial burden on households as the price of cooking oil is set […]

Russia Poised to Take Advantage of Power Vacuum in Libya

Russia, which has vehemently opposed NATO intervention that overthrew the decades-long Libyan dictator Gaddafi, sees new opportunities in the power vacuum in Libya where it tacitly endorses the all-powerful Libyan General Khalifa Haftar. As part of a larger Russian strategy to bolster its presence in Libya, and through it in the Mediterranean, Haftar, who leads […]

Russian diesel stirs controversy in Morocco

Three opposition parties called for the creation of a fact-finding mission to look into imports of Russian diesel in Morocco with a focus on prices in fuel stations. Due to Western sanctions, Russian diesel is the cheapest on the market. But, some Moroccan consumers deplore that prices in fuel stations remain high. Opposition parties, PPS, […]