Morocco is expected to impose a customs duty on soft wheat imports to encourage the purchasing of the local harvest which has been affected by low rainfall amounts, Reuters said Wednesday, quoting the National Millers Federation. In November, 2018, the Kingdom suspended a customs duty on soft wheat imports to stabilize prices. The new decision will be announced, Thursday, after the government council approved of it. «Raising the customs duty on soft wheat is a usual procedure at this
British upstream gas company Sound Energy PLC might be selling its Morocco assets after announcing that its recent discovery had disappointing results, Proactive Investors reported on Wednesday. Indeed, the company revealed, earlier this week, that its Morocco shares fell -31.7% at 11.6, indicating that the TE-10 well in Tendrara «failed to yield commercial volumes of gas in tests». Sound Energy told investors that TE-10 well result «does not diminish Sound Energy's overall
On Wednesday, the UN Secretary-General's spokesperson announced that the Personal Envoy to Western Sahara Horst Kohler resigned. Was his decision linked to health issues or Morocco’s reported pressure ?
Low rainfall amounts are expected to affect wheat production in 2019 in Morocco. According to forecasts published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, this trend would increase the country’s wheat imports.
After police arrested a Moroccan minor in connection with a deadly arson, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said that all ports in his country and in Europe must be «armored», Newsweek reported. Salvini, who is also Italy’s Interior Minister, referred to an arson attack that affected a police station in Mirandola, in Northern Italy. Two people were killed in the fire while others were injured. A Moroccan minor suspected of being behind the attack was arrested,
After temporarily dismissing a complaint filed by Morocco’s seasonal workers in Huelva, a Spanish court decided to reconsider the case. Speaking to Yabiladi, the lawyer of the ten Moroccan farm workers said that the case will be reopened again.
British upstream gas company Sound Energy PLC has seen its Morocco shares down -31.7% at 11.6, Reuters reports. The company announced that its gas discovery in Tendrara (TE-10) was disappointing. The Tendrara discovery «although having flowed hydrocarbon gas to surface, has not achieved commercial flow rates following the stimulated well test undertaken with partner Schlumberger», the British press agency said. The firm will be adopting a new program to reduce costs, including
Global online marketplace for print-on-demand products Redbubble has been criticized for putting miniskirts with the word «Allah» printed on them for sale, BBC says. The website was asked to remove these skirts, on sale for £25, as they were seen as «provoking» and «distasteful». However, some of them were still on the Redbubble on Tuesday morning, the same source said. According to Tell MAMA, an organization that reports anti-Muslim
French luxury goods company Christian Dior has released a new makeup primer as part of its beauty collection. The product was put to the test in Morocco, because of its hot atmosphere. According to American women's fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar, Dior used the new primer Backstage Face & Body primer on the models who participated to the brand's Cruise 2020 show in Marrakesh. On April 29, Marrakech was home to the first fashion show French luxury label Christian Dior holds in
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Morocco Abdellah Ben Saad Al Ghariri was received, Tuesday, by the spokesperson of the Moroccan government Mustapha El Khalfi. It is the first time that the diplomat meets a member of Saadeddine El Othmani’s cabinet and a member of the Justice and Development party, knowing that relations between Saudi Arabia and the Islamist party have been tense, since the fall of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in 2013. Two weeks ago, the Saudi ambassador to Rabat
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