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The Michigan Senate has adopted a resolution urging Congress to pass legislation that would allow farmers, along with trade associations representing farmers, to import fertilizers and fertilizer ingredients from Morocco. The resolution, endorsed Tuesday, was sponsored by republican Senator Curt VanderWall. It calls on lawmakers to petition the U.S. International Trade Commission to temporarily waive […]
Morocco has eased the sanitary travel measures, announcing the end of its long-standing double PCR test + vaccine pass requirements to enter the country. As of this Wednesday, May 18, travelers will either need a valid vaccine pass or a negative PCR test to enter the country, announced the Health Ministry, making it clear that […]
The American giant of database management systems, Oracle Corporation, has announced the opening of a new branch of Oracle Labs, the company’s advanced research arm, in Casablanca, its very first Research and Development (R&D) laboratory in Africa. Oracle’s new lab will accommodate up to 100 researchers. Oracle’s cloud, artificial intelligence, and machine learning technologies will […]
The Summit of the International Transport Forum (ITF 2022), held under the theme “Transport for Inclusive Societies”, kicked off, Wednesday in Leipzig, Germany, under the presidency of Morocco. The three-day event, which brings together delegations from some 80 countries, is chaired by the Minister of Transport and Logistics, Mohammed Abdeljalil. As the first Arab and […]
Japan is looking to Morocco to foster its food security in a global context marked by a surge in prices of soil nutrients on the back of the supply disruption created by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Japanese deputy agriculture minister Takebe Arata told the media during his visit to Rabat that his country is seeking larger […]
Morocco’s tourism businesses started to breathe a sigh of relief as the battered sector showed first signs of recovery from the fallout of the pandemic. With 80% in tourism revenue, the future looks promising for the sector backed by a promotional campaign targeting main tourist emitting countries. Speaking to MPs, tourism minister confirmed the recovery […]
The revenues of the Moroccan state-owned phosphate group OCP reached $2.67 billion in the first quarter of 2022, up from $1.59 billion reported the same period last year. The record results achieved by OCP in 2021 have continued in the first quarter of 2022, driven by strong market conditions and operating efficiencies, says the OCP […]
The Gambia has renewed its firm support to the Moroccanness of the Sahara and to the Morocco-proposed autonomy initiative. The reaffirmation was made by Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mamadou Tangara, following talks with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita in Rabat Tuesday. “I take this opportunity to reaffirm, without any ambiguity, the support of my […]
Relations between Spain and Morocco are “absolutely important and strategic,” said Tuesday, the Spanish Minister of Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska. “Relations with Morocco are absolutely important, relevant and strategic,” said Grande-Marlaska, who was guest to a program of Spain’s Antena 3 channel. “We are unfailingly fraternal neighbors. We have preserved, we preserve and we will continue […]
The Morocco-proposed autonomy plan was strongly supported as the only solution to the regional dispute over the Sahara during the regional seminar of the Committee of 24 (C24) of the United Nations for the Caribbean, held in Castries, Saint Lucia, this May 11 to 13. During this seminar, several countries representing the different regions of […]