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Coronavirus: European shoppers rushing to buy Moroccan fruits & veggies

Following the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic in agricultural production in Spain, Italy and Portugal, European shoppers are rushing to buy Moroccan fruits and vegetables, which have become hot commodities. Due to lack of farm workers in Spain, main supplier of the European market, demand has spiked in recent days for Moroccan agricultural products […]

Morocco-elections: The two major duelists share top spots

Communal and regional elections were held in Morocco on Friday and the winners are without contest the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) and the ruling Party for Justice and Development (PJD/moderate Islamist,) led by the head of the Government Abdelilah Benkirane. The PAM (Liberal, opposition) won the communal polls and came in second in the […]

UN urges action to address displacement in Sahel

The UN refugee agency UNHCR urged concrete actions to avert forced displacement in the war-ravaged Sahel, warning of a deteriorating humanitarian crisis. Nearly 3.3 million people were forced to flee their homes in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger due to increasing terrorist activity, exacerbated by drought, the UNHCR said in a statement. “The security situation […]