ALGERIA- JOURNALISTS- PROTEST

Morocco seeks more Russian wheat

Moroccan wheat traders FNCL and the Russian grain trader’s union (Rusgrain) signed a deal to promote Russian grain exports to Morocco as the north African Kingdom seeks to diversify suppliers and build strategic stockpiles of key staples. The deal was signed on November 29 during a visit of a delegation of 37 Russian wheat traders […]

Tanger Med brings Morocco’s ports capacity to 260 million tons

The extension of Morocco’s Tanger Med port increased the total capacity of Morocco’s 13 ports combined to 260 million tons. The launch of Tanger Med 2 increased the northern port’s capacity to 9 million container from 3.5 million in 2018. The extension was achieved at a total cost of 88 billion dirhams in state funding […]

Tunisia: Kais Saied lambasts rating agencies

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied Thursday laid into international rating agencies for using “biased criteria” in evaluating the country’s abilities to attract investments. This came during a meeting with the President of financial market council (CMF) Salah Sayel, a day after the country’s central bank (BCT) sounded the alarm over the waning of foreign reserves, the […]