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Morocco’s state-owned phosphates company (OCP) has joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), an international organization of over 200 forward-thinking companies committed to sustainable development. Joining WBCSD’s network will enable OCP Group to continue to enhance and implement its sustainability ambitions in collaboration with such partners, sharing the same goals and values. Mostafa […]
The United Kingdom Tuesday lifted travel restrictions to Egypt’s Red Sea Sharm el-Sheikh resort, four years after the Islamic State group (ISIS) brought down a Russian passenger jet. British authorities in 2015 imposed ban on flights to and from the resort city in reaction to the downing of the aircraft shortly after takeoff. The jet […]
The German justice Monday began in Hamburg the trial of three Iraqi men charged of plotting terror attacks against non-Muslim believers. The defendants were arrested in January in the northwestern state of Schleswig-Holstein. The prosecution charged two of them, both aged 23, for trying to manufacture explosives using black powder from firework. The third, aged […]
Tunisia was officially removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) blacklist, Premier Youssef Chahed tweeted. The FATF decided Friday as part of a plenary meeting (October 16-18 in Paris), to delist Tunisia and said the Tunisian government met its commitments to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, Chahed further said, according to Tunisian news […]
European and global aerospace giant, Airbus, is planning to launch an academy for pilots in Tunisia, the transport ministry of the North African country has said. The ministry of transport indicated in a statement that Airbus will soon launch the academy as part of partnership between the European multinational and the Tunisian Agency of Technical […]
Morocco’s OCP Group, the world’s first producer and exporter of phosphate in all its forms, takes part in the 7th World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit organized in London Oct.15-16. During the event, the Moroccan phosphate group displays its experience in the fertilizer industry, promotes its vision of the digital transformation of agriculture, and presents its projects, […]
The European Commission has approved the donation of €15 million to Niger’s Treasury. The funding granted under the European Development Fund is intended to finance the sectoral reform agreement, “Food and nutritional security and sustainable agricultural development (CRS-SANAD),” the Commission said in a statement. The program is part of the 2014-2020 National Indicative Program for […]
French oil giant Total Monday called on leaders of the world to introduce policies to address CO2 emission as major polluters are state-run oil and gas companies. The World Policy Conference (WPC) held Monday a plenary session under the theme “Climate and the environment” moderated by former French Prime Minister and foreign minister Laurent Fabius. […]
Turkish President Thursday threatened to let millions of Syrian refugees in his country to head to Europe after France, Germany and several other countries criticized the Turkish army offensive in Northeastern Syria and described it as an invasion. Ankara would allow millions of refugees to head to Europe if the bloc insists on its baseless […]
An umpteenth international prize is to be added to the list of awards grabbed by Moroccan Leïla Ghandi, a globe trotter, TV host reporter, photographer, documentary film director, published author and content producer. The young woman who has made of adventure her job won on Wednesday in Athens the ‘Who is Who’ International Women Leaders […]