Algerian officials continue to issue statements calling for reviving the paralyzed Maghreb Union, a five-member regional grouping also comprising Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia and Libya. Recently, President Abdelaziz Boutefika sent messages on the 29th anniversary of the Union to Maghreb leaders urging collective efforts to reinvigorate the union. Few days later, Algeria’s Foreign Minister said, during […]
Morocco produced 4082 tons of legal cannabis in 2024, from some 300 kilograms last year, as the number of permits to farmers grows, the cannabis regulator ANRAC said. Moroccan local strain or the Beldia dominated production with 2,786 tons, while the rest of the cannabis originated from imported seeds. The Beldia strain ANRAC has a […]
The United States has pledged to disburse additional $44 million to Niger to help the West African country address food insecurity. The announcement was made by Victoria Jane Nuland, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, following a meeting with President Mohamed Bazoum in a capital Niamey on Wednesday. “I had a rewarding conversation […]
