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Tunisian customs busted Thursday an attempt to smuggle 18 artifacts in the coastal town of Skhira, in the Sfax governorate. The customs detained a Tunisian citizen who was about to leave the country carrying 18 antique pieces, banned for trading, aboard a van heading to capital Tunisia. The suspect told authorities he was commissioned by […]
Morocco and Germany have agreed on a €242 million cooperation program to be carried out in 2023, focusing on green energy, sustainable economy, employment and reforms. The joint program has been unveiled following talks held Oct.18-19 in Berlin between the two countries which turned a new page in their relations after resolving their diplomatic row […]
Belgium has joined the chorus of European countries that clearly support the Morocco-proposed autonomy plan, saying it considers the plan, presented in 2007, as “a good basis for a solution accepted by the parties” regarding the Sahara issue. This stance was expressed in a joint statement issued in Rabat Thursday after talks between the Belgian […]
Morocco took part in the 1st international conference on sea and desert food production technologies, held in Eilat, Israel October 18 to 20, with the participation of representatives from many countries, including 10 ministers and deputy ministers from around the world. During the conference, Director General of the National Fisheries Research Institute (INRH), Abdelmalek Faraj, […]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has pledged to guarantee loans extended to Moroccan exporting SMEs operating in the automotive, textile, agro-industry and agricultural sectors. An agreement was signed Wednesday in Casablanca with Morocco’s Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) to enable SMEs to get funding to modernize their operations, reduce CO2 emissions, expand working site, and increase […]
The African business community has maintained its bullish outlook on the benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), as it weathers global instability, mainly due to the Russia-Ukraine war and the after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. African business advocacy group the Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee (PAFTRAC) has published the results […]
Kenya wants to renegotiate a multibillion-dollar loan from China that was used to build a major railway because though the country is up to date on its payments, it cannot continue with the current 20-year schedule. Answering questions from a parliamentary committee, Kenya’s incoming transport minister, Kipchumba Murkomen, said the country will have to ask […]
Botswana has expressed concern over an influx of asylum seekers who fled from countries, including 700 refugees from neighboring Zimbabwe and hundreds more from South Africa, where they had already been granted refugee status. Those who have arrived from neighboring Zimbabwe were citing poor conditions at the refugee camp, while others have come from South […]
Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Deby has declared a state of emergency over flooding that is affecting more than a million people in 636 localities in the country while swallowing up more than 465,000 hectares of fields. While not uncommon during Chad’s rainy season, which usually runs from May to October in its southern regions, this […]
The United States has pledged to disburse additional $44 million to Niger to help the West African country address food insecurity. The announcement was made by Victoria Jane Nuland, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, following a meeting with President Mohamed Bazoum in a capital Niamey on Wednesday. “I had a rewarding conversation […]