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The United Nations has provided Congo around $1 million for agriculture projects under the supervision of the World Food Program (WFP) bureau in the central African country. The financing, over two years, was announced by Dima Al-Khatib, Director of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). “This is a project for which we’re going […]
An Israeli elite unit is taking part for the first time in the African Lion military games on Moroccan soil, Israeli defense forces spokesman Avichai Adraee said. Israel will send a delegation of 12 soldiers and a commander of the Israel Defense Forces to the African Lion, which brings together 8000 soldiers from 18 countries. […]
Morocco will spend 0.5 billion dollars to help farmers access animal feed at a subsidized price as the country’s grains agency tenders for 500,000 feed barley. The aid is part of a $1 billion package announced last month in aid to farmers to help mitigate drought impact on crops and cattle. Recurrent droughts slashed Morocco’s […]
West African leaders have affirmed their commitment to accelerate investments and reforms to make fertilizers more accessible and affordable during the recent high-level roundtable jointly organized by the World Bank, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Togolese government. During the event (31 May), held in Togo’s capital, Lome, industry leaders […]
Morocco’s phosphates and fertilizers producer OCP said it plans to launch a feasibility study for the setting up of a phosphate-based fertilizers plant in Togo. A deal was signed by Togolese agriculture minister Antoine Kepka Gbebgeni and head of OCP Africa Mohamed Anouar Jamali. The plant is expected to be achieved in the medium term […]
Morocco’s competition council said it will look again into the dysfunctions marring the fuel distribution market which has spilled so much ink due to its oligopolistic nature and claims on price fixing. The council said it will re-examine the issue following the approval of a law that fosters its mandate to ensure free competition regulations […]
Under-Secretary-General of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov has praised Morocco’s support to UNOCT, expressing gratitude to the North African Kingdom for hosting the 2nd High-Level Meeting of Heads of Counter-Terrorism & Security Agencies from Africa, “Marrakesh Platform”. In his opening remarks of the three-day event taking place in Tangier, Mr. Voronkov stressed the […]
FEV, German engineering provider in the automotive industry, and French group UTAC, leader in car testing and homologation, have opened in Moroccan Atlas mountain city of Oued Zem Africa’s first testing center. “The launch of the first test center on African soil is an important strategic milestone for FEV,” said Stefan Pischinger, CEO of FEV […]
Clients of Moroccan banks can now enjoy instant transfers in real time and for free over the next three months, Morocco’s central bank said in a statement. The time-span for transfers between clients of Moroccan banks would now take no more than 20 seconds provided it is capped at 20,000 dirhams, it said. The initiative […]
The innovative cubipods designed & engineered by the Spanish construction company OHLA will be used in the Moroccan ports of Casablanca and Dakhla. In a press release issued Wednesday, OHLA said it signed contracts for the use of its cubipods in two Moroccan ports. Cubipod is a precast element made of mass concrete used to […]