Australia's largest horticultural company Costa Group has opened a new berry facility in Morocco, reports Fresh Plaza. The new plant will be a berry packing platform that is «at the forefront of berry exports to the European Union, the United Kingdom, Russia and Asia», the same source said. Located in Larache, northern Morocco, the 10,000 square meter facility will be the biggest berry packing place, targeting the European market. It has a capacity of up to 12,000 tonnes of
Sufyan Mustafa, the son of Egyptian hate preacher Abu Hamza and his Moroccan wife, is planning to return to the UK after fighting in the Syrian civil war against Bashar al-Assad’s regime, reports Metro UK. Mustafa who is accused of terror-related offences and is suspected of being a Jihadi said that he is «desperate to return to Britain». However, the British authorities might not accept Mustapha’s request as he was stripped of his British citizenship. According to the
MP Pension, a Danish pension fund for academics, has decided to cut €10.7 million worth of holdings after releasing a list of firms that operate in warzones, reports Denmark's biggest pension fund IPE in a statement published Tuesday. MP Pension’s decision, taken after a position paper on the firms in question, targets Morocco’s OCP, the same source pointed out. «MP Pension has divested from Moroccan state-owned fertilizer producer OCP Group, citing its
A few days after King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain visited Morocco, the president of Melilla referred to a «dark and very worrying» situation in the borders between Morocco and the autonomous city, reports local online newspaper El Faro de Melilla. Juan José Imbroda’s comments were made while he was discussing issues related to borders with Morocco, including trade. Moreover, the president said that «the central government visited Morocco, where it
In 2015, Morocco supported Muhammadu Buhari while running for Nigeria’s presidential election. This year, the Kingdom has chosen to back the Nigerian President through Zawia Tijaniyya.
After the Spanish Interior Ministry denied having concluded a deal with Morocco to allow Spanish sea rescue services to return some migrants to Moroccan ports, the Moroccan government issued its own response. Speaking, Thursday, in a press briefing held in Rabat, government spokesperson Mustapha El Khalfi stressed that «there is no such agreement between Rabat and Madrid», reports MAP news agency. «This information is false», El Khalfi told reporters. The
After Israeli free-to-air television Channel 13 reported that Benjamin Netanyahu and Moroccan Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita held a «secret» meeting in September, 2018, in New York, the Kingdom denied the reports. In a press briefing held Thursday in Rabat, Government Spokesperson Mustapha El Khalfi told reporters that «the Kingdom does not reply to rumors». The Moroccan government’s answer comes after the Israeli channel revealed, quoting a source
Earlier this month, the Polisario sought the help of an Algerian general to end tensions between two influential tribes in the Tindouf camps. On Tuesday, Brahim Ghali announced that he appointed two «officials» from the Teknas tribe.
After Venezuela’s self-proclaimed Interim President thanked Morocco for backing his position, one of his diplomatic representatives held talks with Rabat's ambassador to Peru, stressing that Venezuela wants to normalize ties with Morocco.
In a long article made public this week, the president of the Peruvian Council of Solidarity with the Sahrawi People hailed Morocco’s autonomy plan, giving up on his pro-Polisario position.