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Water wasting now punishable in Casablanca as climate change bites

The mayorship of Casablanca issued directives punishing the acts of wasting water in the city of 5 million inhabitants as the country faces an acute water shortage due to climate change and successive droughts. Casablanca authorities banned the use of drinking water for irrigating green spaces as well as cleaning of vehicles and streets as […]

Malawian police arrest ex-president’s stepson on human trafficking charges

Malawian police have arrested the stepson of former President Peter Mutharika in connection with the discovery last month of a mass grave, which contained 30 bodies believed to be those of illegal Ethiopian immigrants. Tadikira Mafubza who is a son of former President Peter Mutharika’s wife, turned himself in to police, according to the Malawian […]

OCP Group, UM6P, US Regrow to create tailored carbon stock monitoring system for African soil

Morocco’s OCP Group, the world’s largest phosphate-based fertilizer producer, the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), and Regrow, an American startup invested in the agricultural field, last week, signed a strategic partnership to develop a Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system specific to African soil. The system is based on the “DNDC” (DeNitrification-DeComposition) biogeochemical model, a […]