Abdelhak Khiame

Morocco Reaps 96 million Quintals of Cereals in 2017 Crop Year

After abundant rainfall, Morocco produced 96 million quintals of cereals in the 2016-2017 crop year, the Agriculture Ministry said. The production of soft wheat is estimated at 49 million quintals (51%), followed by barley with 25 million quintals and hard wheat (22 million quintals), the ministry added in a statement. Rabat-Salé-Kenitra region came first in […]

Somalia’s president targeted in bomb attack by Al-Shabaab militants

Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on Tuesday when his convoy was targeted by a roadside bomb in Mogadishu. The bomb exploded near the presidential palace as the president’s motorcade was leaving the building en route to the airport. The militant group Al-Shabaab, which has long waged attacks against the Somali […]

Drought shrinks Morocco’s cereals harvest by 67%

Lack of rainfall has weighed on Morocco’s cereals harvest which dropped to 34 million quintals this year, down 67% from last year, the agriculture ministry said. Soft wheat yield stood at 18.9 million quintals, hard wheat at 8.1 million quintals and barley at 7 million quintals as the country registered a drop of 34% in […]