Lebanon

French navy seizes $600M in cocaine as West Africa becomes trafficking hotspot

The French Navy has intercepted nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine aboard a stateless fishing vessel off the coast of West Africa, marking one of the year’s largest drug busts and highlighting the region’s growing role as a key transshipment route in the global cocaine trade. The 9.6-tonne haul — valued at roughly $600 million — […]

Morocco sets up field hospital to treat strawberry Covid-19 cluster

Morocco has set up a field hospital in Lalla Mimouna near Kenitra to treat hundreds of coronavirus cases who were infected in a hotspot linked to strawberry farms and packaging plants. On Friday, the country recorded 457 cases in that cluster, the biggest single day number of infections since the country declared its first case […]

Morocco-Canada: Canadian Young Chambers of Commerce group names Moroccan as new CEO

The group of young chambers of commerce (RJCCQ) in Quebec-Canada has named on Thursday Moroccan Monsef Derraji as its new head. The RJCCQ, known in French as Regroupement des jeunes chambres de commerce du Québec, is a group of young chambers of commerce including young chambers of China, France, Latin-America, North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa […]