food safety

SSO: $24 million funding needed to preserve oases in North African countries

A regional conference on the promotion of oases in North Africa and Mauritania held in Tozeur, Tunisia, last week underlined that $24 million funding was needed to preserve the green areas in the region desert. Participants in the conference, recognizing oases as a historical, cultural, environmental, civilizational, national and international heritage that must be preserved, […]

Morocco’s Inflation Turns Negative as Food Prices Decline in November

Morocco’s consumer price index registered negative 0.3 percent year-over-year deflation in November, driven primarily by falling food prices, according to High Commission for Planning data. This development reflects food product index decline of 1.2 percent offset partially by non-food product increases of 0.4 percent. Non-food product variations ranged from 1.5 percent decreases in transportation to […]

Morocco, DRC sign economic partnership agreement

An economic partnership agreement aimed at bringing together the Moroccan and Congolese business communities was signed Tuesday in Rabat between the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services (CCIS) of the Rabat-Salé-Kenitra region and that of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Under this agreement, the two parties vow to establish an economic partnership to discover […]