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Morocco has reached a new milestone in Norway’s fresh berry market, reclaiming its position as leading supplier of raspberries and blackberries and surpassing, for the first time, half of the country’s total imports in the category. Between July 2025 and June 2026, Norway imported 707 tons of fresh raspberries and blackberries from Morocco, worth more […]
Morocco delivered a largely convincing performance in their final World Cup warm-up showcasing attacking fluency and control for long stretches before being held to a 1-1 draw by Norway. The Atlas Lions, semifinalists at the 2022 World Cup, underlined their credentials as one of Africa’s strongest sides and the 7th in FIFA ranking with an […]
Morocco and Norway have agreed to strengthen their cooperation in carbon market mechanisms which enable governments to trade greenhouse gas emission credits through carbon pricing with the aim of achieving climate targets. The agreement was sealed during a videoconference meeting held Tuesday by Moroccan Minister of Energy Transition Leila Benali with Norway minister of Climate […]
Sweden and Norway have taken sharply different paths on aid to Africa, with Stockholm cutting aid while Oslo increases allocations for humanitarian support. On Dec. 8, Sweden announced it will phase out bilateral development assistance to five countries, including four in Africa: Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique and Liberia. The goal was to free up about 10 […]
Norway’s State Secretary Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik clarified on Thursday, November 27, that the United States has not submitted any new truce proposals for Sudan, a statement welcomed by Sovereign Council head and Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. The clarification comes after Burhan publicly rejected what he described as a “fresh U.S. plan” earlier this month. […]
In a bold step to safeguard global trade from rising protectionism, fourteen small and medium-sized countries, including Morocco and Rwanda, have officially launched the Future of Investment and Trade (FIT) Partnership, a new international alliance aimed at promoting open markets, attracting investment, and addressing modern trade challenges. Announced during a virtual ministerial meeting attended by […]
The United States and a host of other nations are creating a new global security force ‘Operation Prosperity Guardian’ to help protect and defend ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack by drones and ballistic missiles fired by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Tuesday (19 December) […]
Ministers of justice of Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland have signed an agreement to cooperate more closely to create a more effective system for sending illegal immigrants to their country of origin or other countries, depending on the circumstances. Up to now, Denmark has been leading the Nordic countries in a more strict policy […]
STAR SEAFOOD, a Norwegian Seafood Company, is mulling plans to inject €100 million into Mauritania’s Nouadhibou free trade area for a three-phase project that will generate more than 2,800 jobs. The chairman of the authority of the FTA of Nouadhibou (the country’s second city) Ba Abdoulaye Mamadou met Monday October 30 with representatives of the […]
Yara International ASA, a global leader in plant nutrition headquartered in Oslo, Norway, announced its withdrawal from Cameroon following a deal to sell its majority stake in Yara Cameroon to NJS Group, a minority shareholder and longstanding partner. Per the deal, NJS Group takes over the 65% stake held by Yara International France in the […]