Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the world’s two largest cocoa producers, as well as the Ivorian-Ghanian Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI), created to guarantee a minimum income to farmers, have noted “efforts” by some manufacturers to pay higher prices to producers, after giving them an ultimatum earlier this month. For several weeks, both countries reproached the chocolate manufacturers […]
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Hospital operator Akdital to make an offering at Casablanca stock exchange
Akdital, a Moroccan group that owns 15 clinics in Morocco, plans an Initial Public Offering at the Casablanca stock exchange to raise 1.2 billion dirhams. The IPO is the second on the Casablanca stock exchange which aims to attract similar offerings from Moroccan enterprises. In recent months, the bourse launched a campaign to […]
Morocco’s King urges Gvt, stakeholders to accelerate development of renewable energies, green hydrogen
King Mohammed VI has urged the Government and all stakeholders to speed up the development of renewable energies, especially solar and wind energy, as well as green hydrogen and to endeavor to attract more domestic and foreign investment in the sector. Building on its progress, Morocco should accelerate the deployment of renewable energy in order […]
Guterres: Morocco, champion of inter-faith dialogue & leader in fight against extremism
“Morocco has long been a champion of inter-faith dialogue and a leader in our fight against extremism”, said on Tuesday in Fez UN Chief Antonio Guterres in his opening remarks at the 9th Global Forum of UN Alliance of Civilizations. “I would particularly like to thank His Majesty King Mohammed VI for his personal and […]
Morocco’s OCP launches its 1st carbon farming project in Brazil
Morocco’s state-owned OCP Group, the world’s largest producer of phosphate-based fertilizers, announced on Tuesday its first carbon farming and certification project in Brazil to ensure food security and advance towards global net zero emissions. The OCP has teamed up with Bioline by InVivo, Agrorobótica and a selected famer for this project to be carried out […]
King Mohammed VI: UN Alliance of Civilizations, Powerful Peace-Maker
The UN Alliance of Civilizations, which opened Tuesday its 9th Global Forum in Fez, Morocco’s spiritual capital, is “a powerful vehicle for peace”, said King Mohammed VI. In a message addressed to participants and read out by royal advisor André Azoulay, the Monarch said the international forum is convened on African soil, giving a strong […]
Mali bans France-backed NGOs’ activities
Mali will ban the activities of all non-governmental organizations financed or supported by France, including those operating in the humanitarian field, the junta, which came to power by force in August 2020, announced on Monday (21 November). The annoucement came few days after Paris suspended its public development assistance to the West African country. The […]
South Sudan, IMF ink pact for $112.7m in emergency funds
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and South Sudan announced they have reached a staff-level agreement for the release of about $112.7 million in emergency financing, pending an approval by the IMF’s executive board. “This emergency financing under the new Food Shock Window will help South Sudan address food insecurity, support social spending, and boost international […]
International media lambast Algeria for grim rights record
Few days after Le Monde, the New York Times and the Economist wrote about Algeria’s grave human rights violations, Newslook- a US based outlet- drew another portrait of a state ruled by a ruthless regime that has turned the country into a “giant prison”. “Algeria is a police state, freedom of expression is under […]
Morocco-UN cooperation in matters of child protection reviewed in Rabat
Cooperation between Morocco and the United Nations in the field of child protection was reviewed at a meeting in Rabat between Princess Lalla Meryem, President of the National Observatory for the Rights of the Child, and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children Najat Maalla M’jid. During the meeting, Princess Lalla Meryem […]









