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Cambodia expressed, Monday from Rabat, its full support to Morocco’s sovereignty and territorial integrity as well as its respect to the Kingdom’s efforts to reach a negotiated political solution to the Sahara issue. This position was expressed in a joint statement issued after talks between Cambodian Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prak Sokhonn, […]
Morocco has imported more soft wheat from the EU following a drought that compromised the country’s harvest last year. The North African country is planning an additional purchase of 1.5 million tons in the March-May period, Reuters reported. Revived black sea competition have helped push down prices although these remain still higher compared to the […]
A delegation of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM), led by its president, Chakib Alj, conducted, March 21 to 24, a working mission in Switzerland to explore ways to strengthen trade and investment links between Morocco and the Swiss Confederation. During this visit, the delegation held a series of meetings with representatives of various […]
Morocco’s flag carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) announced, Monday, that it will deploy an exceptional flight program during the summer season, with an offer of 6.2 million seats on more than 90 destinations. “On the eve of a summer season that promises to be exceptional, Royal Air Maroc is deploying a reinforced flight program on […]
China’s investment in Tanzania has hit a record $1.8 billion since President Xi Jinping’s visit in the East African country 10 years ago, while bilateral trade between China and Nigeria has taken dip by about a third in 2022 compared to 2021. China’s direct investment stock in Tanzania is 2.5 times that of 2012, according […]
Morocco resumed the exports of tomatoes capped at 1000 tons daily, professionals said, after a ban that lasted weeks. Morocco had banned exports of tomatoes to African markets and reduced shipments to Europe after prices surged to unprecedented levels. The government spokesman Mustapha Baitas had said that the measures were aimed at reducing prices in […]
Rapidly rising fertilizer prices are forcing farmers to reduce output and the world’s poorest continent is expected to be hardest hit, with Angola, Malawi and Zimbabwe most at risk in the Southern African region, according to Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Sanctions on entities within major fertilizer exporter Russia after the invasion of Ukraine and […]
Africa should aim at creating a joint bank with Russia to facilitate financial transactions between both sides and promote trade, according to one of Burkina Faso’s leading political figures. “I think that when it comes to strengthening cooperation with Russia in key areas of the economy, it is very important that we explore the possibility […]
The extension of the UN-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative and, in turn, the newly-arrived wheat imports from Ukraine could help ease hunger in drought-stricken areas in Africa and bring down high food prices, according to Kenyan economists. Earlier in the week, 30,000 tons of wheat arrived in Kenya under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, in […]
Morocco, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, has been able to meet its water needs thanks to 152 large dams with a storage capacity of over 19 billion m3 and 136 other small dams, providing water for irrigation and strengthening the country’s water supplies. These figures have been unveiled at the United Nations in […]