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Morocco has quadrupled its avocado sales to Germany in six years with 5000 tons worth $17 million this past season, specialized media reported. Globally, Morocco became the world’s 9th largest exporter of avocados among a rising demand for fruit. In Germany, Morocco faces competition from Mexico, Spain and the Netherlands. Overall, Morocco exported 45,000 tons […]
French Magazine Le Point has highlighted the progress scored by Morocco over the past twenty years, under the reign of King Mohammed VI, in various fields, particularly social ones. In a long story published Monday on the occasion of the 61st birthday of King Mohammed VI, under the eloquent title “Social protection, women’s rights: Morocco […]
India made it clear that invitations to the BRICS summit due on August 24 in Johannesburg are unilaterally made by the South African government. In New Delhi, the Indian federation government has issued a statement saying that the invitations extended by South Africa for the BRICS/Africa meeting, due in Johannesburg, are based on a unilateral […]
Aya Gold & Silver announced the expansion of its 2023 exploration program at all its holdings in Morocco. The increase includes work done at the Boumadine polymetallic project, the Zgounder silver deposit, the Zgounder Regional properties, and the recently acquired Tirzzit copper-silver property. Aya is a Canada-based precious metals mining company, which focuses on the […]
King Mohammed VI has pardoned 653 convicts on the occasion of the Revolution of the King and the People celebrated by Morocco on August 20. The Ministry of Justice unveiled the list of the beneficiaries of the royal pardon, who are either detained or serving a suspended sentence. The list includes 16 individuals who had […]
Morocco has never considered to respond positively to the invitation to attend the “BRICS/Africa” meeting scheduled to be held in South Africa, or to take part in this meeting at any level whatsoever, an authorized source from the Foreign Ministry said, adding that Rabat advocates a multilateralism that does not divide. Some media reports have […]
Former Moroccan Olympic champion Nawal El Moutawakel was re-elected to the Executive Board of World Athletics, the international athletics federation, for a four-year term. The election took place during the 54th Congress of World Athletics held in Budapest, just two days before the start of the World Athletics Championships in the Hungarian capital this Saturday. […]
Morocco has called for stronger regional and international cooperation to counter plastic pollution, one of the major global concerns affecting the environment and every walk of life. In her speech Friday in Addis Ababa at the 19th African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, Moroccan minister of Energy Transition & Sustainable Development Leila Benali voiced her […]
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) highlighted Morocco’s headway in the automotive sector and its growing exports that contrast with Algeria’s car industry debacle. Using 2019 figures, UNCTAD showed in a detailed report how Morocco produced 403,218 vehicles compared to 60,012 in Algeria, which in 2020 had to halt production altogether. “In […]
The UN Conference on Trade and Development has praised the progress made by the automotive industry in Morocco, which is now positioned as a production platform with the entry of several groups, including German Motor Distributors, Renault, Snop (parts and components supplier), Stellantis, Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems and Yazaki. In its “Economic Development in Africa” […]