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Kenyan President William Ruto, now on a visit to Germany and Belgium, has invited German companies to invest in Kenya’s micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises. Ruto’s visit to Germany and Belgium is aimed at strengthening social and economic ties between Kenya and the European Union. During a meeting with German business leaders and investors, he […]
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 has condemned in the strongest terms the burning of a copy of the Holy Quran in the Danish capital of Copenhagen in front of the police. “Although this heinous act was committed in front of the diplomatic representation of another Muslim country, the Kingdom of Morocco considers it a provocative act that also concerns […]
Spanish government sources rejected as unfounded the accusations against Morocco or any other country in connection with the use of the Pegasus spyware, said Spanish news agency EFE on Wednesday. The government sources described as “mere speculation” any attempt to accuse a third country, especially Morocco, of using Pegasus spyware on members of the Spanish […]
Rachid M’Barki, ex-journalist of French BFM TV who has been fired for having uttered the expression “Moroccan Sahara” in a reporting on a Moroccan-Spanish economic forum in Dakhla, said during his hearing at the French National Assembly: “Morocco has never given me a single penny to say anything.” The Kingdom “is a large, sovereign country […]
The United Kingdom is expected to make direct investments worth $10 billion in Kenya in 2023, but in order for the East African country to fully benefit from the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed between both states in 2022, it will also have to maintain and enhance market access conditions. Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Investment, […]
The European Union, the African Union and the United Nations have called on the Libyan authorities to end arbitrary detention of migrants and refugees, starting with the women and children as well as other individuals with specific needs or disabilities. In a joint press release issued following their meeting held Monday in Brussels, the tripartite […]
UK trade commissioner for Africa John Humphrey has described Morocco “a gateway to Africa and a key business partner for the United Kingdom”. Commenting his meeting held Tuesday in London with Moroccan Ambassador to the UK Hakim Hajoui, John Humphrey said, in his twitter account, that talks with the Moroccan ambassador focused on ways of […]
Morocco’s watermelon exports to the European market reached 271 million kg in 2022. The North African Kingdom becomes thus the second supplier of the EU advancing Italy, which remains the top exporter of this product. According to latest data released by Eurostat, the exports of Moroccan watermelon to the EU amounted this year to over […]