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Algeria’s gas export volumes down 10% in 2022 compared to 2021

The Algerian government has indulged in telling half-truths by focusing on value of gas exports instead of the volume which has dropped 10% to 49.3 billion cubic meters in 2022, down more than 5 bcm from 2021. The drop confirms forecasts that Algeria- which already lost its status as an oil country- will lack capacity […]

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Morocco-UK: Means to consolidate defense cooperation for peace & regional stability discussed in Rabat

Means to consolidate cooperation between Morocco and the United Kingdom in matters of defense for the promotion of peace and regional stability were discussed at separate meetings held in Rabat Tuesday by British Senior Defense Advisor to the Middle East and North Africa, Air Marshal Martin Elliot Sampson, with Minister Delegate in charge of the […]

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OCP-founded coding school 1337 finishes third runner-up at CodinGame Fall Challenge 2022

1337, a coding school founded by Morocco’s state-owned phosphate rock miner, phosphoric acid manufacturer and fertilizer producer OCP Group and located at Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique, ranked 3rd at CodinGame Fall Challenge 2022, a world leading coding contest, held from December 12, 2022 to January 05, 2023. The fee-free school, according to the daily Les […]

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US donates Somalia $9 million worth of weapons, equipment for anti-al-Shabab campaign

The United States has provided $9 million in new military aid to help Somalia’s ongoing campaign against al-Shabab militants, the US embassy in Mogadishu announced. The military equipment handed to the government includes weapons and vehicles and is destined to support the campaign by the Somali National Army to liberate communities from al-Shabab control. It’s […]

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Morocco’s agricultural, fisheries exports hit record $8 billion in 2022

Morocco’s agricultural and fisheries exports rose to an unprecedented 8 billion dollars in 2021, up 20% compared with 2022, the agriculture ministry said. This rise was achieved despite a lack of rainfall that affected cereals whose output dropped 67% to 3.4 million tons. Agricultural and fisheries exports now stand in the third position behind phosphates […]

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Negev Forum Steering Committee meets to prepare for 2nd Abraham Accords Summit due in Morocco

The steering committee of the Negev Forum, including Abraham Accords partners, Egypt and the U.S. met Monday in Abu Dhabi to prepare for the second summit, scheduled in Morocco. Delegates from Morocco, Egypt, the UAE, Bahrain, Israel and the U.S. are taking part in the two-day preparatory meeting tasked with identifying realistic and doable projects […]

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Algeria’s collapse will have serious repercussions on France- French diplomat

Three years after the Hirak, Algeria has become an even more repressive country led by a ruthless military junta which continues to nurture hostility to France as a mantra of the regime, said former French ambassador to Algiers who warns that the ongoing collapse of Algeria will have repercussions on France. Xavier Driencourt served as […]

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Morocco makes Africa’s first kits for breast cancer and leukaemia diagnosis- The Guardian

The Moroccan Association for Advanced Sciences, Innovation and Research (MASCIR) will soon put on the market the first African-manufactured kits to diagnose breast cancer and leukaemia, a move that will cut costs and waiting times for patients in Morocco and the wider African continents, wrote the UK newspaper the Guardian. “The price of the kit […]

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Zimbabwe’s farming success: wheat self-sufficient for first time since 2004

Zimbabwe has set its largest wheat harvest in 2022 that reached 375,000 tons, making the landlocked country in southern Africa a self-sufficient agricultural powerhouse, which is a unique performance on the continent. The harvest in 2022 was 13% higher than the previous year, breaking a half-century old record. The area sown to wheat has increased […]

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Rough start to 2023: inflation persists in DRC, Senegal, S.Africa despite measures

Inflation constitutes one of the major economic problems all across Africa, with the food prices in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Africa continuing to rise significantly and with the Senegalese government announcing a rise in fuel and electricity prices starting from Saturday January 7. In its latest update on food inflation, the […]