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As anti-Moroccan sentiment surge, self-defeating calls mount for cutting intercontinental power cable

In the wake of Spain’s self-inflicted migration crisis, analyses underpinned by Moroccophobia spawned in Spanish media. Some suggested Spain should consider cutting or threatening to cut electricity flows through the submarine cables to Morocco as leverage. Such proposals ignore the mutual benefits of the interconnection and risk exposing deeper economic interdependence, energy experts and bilateral […]

Algeria to Enforce New Law on Food Additives by May 2013

Algeria is planning to enforce a new law on the use of additives in various food products by May 2013 to enhance the protection of consumers’ health. Minister of Trade Mustapha Benbada who made the announcement on Tuesday in Algiers said the legislative tools governing the sector date back to 1992 and no longer meet […]

Maroc Telecom donates $150 million to anti-coronavirus fund

Morocco’s leading telecom operator said it will donate its first quarter profit amounting to 1.5 billion dirhams (150 million US dollars) to the special fund created to mitigate the social and economic consequences of Covid-19. The government has pledged 10 billion dirhams to the fund which included a fine of 3.3 billion dirhams that Maroc […]