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Tangier Med upholds position as leading container port in Mediterranean

All port activities in Tangier Med have posted sustained growth in 2020, thus allowing the port complex to uphold its position as the leading container port in the Mediterranean basin. The overall tonnage processed during the past year stood at 81 million tons, an increase of 23% compared to 2019, said the Tangier Med Port […]

Morocco’s economic growth to drop to 0.7% due to drought, war in Ukraine

Morocco’s central bank revised downwards this year’s growth forecast to 0.7% amid rising inflationary pressures due to fallout of the war in Ukraine and as Morocco faces an unprecedented growth. The Bank said Morocco’s cereals harvest will drop to 25 million quintals from 103 million quintals last year, amid a 57% rainfall deficit which meant […]

Morocco: Rabat’s AU Ambassador, Close Look

It is now three days since the kingdom became member of the African Union (AU). Who is the diplomat occupying Morocco’s strategic seat? The choice fell on Nezha Alaoui M’hammdi, the kingdom’s former ambassador to Ghana, and since October, Morocco’s ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti. Now called “Madame AU” M’hammdi is a veteran diplomat even […]