Ficus-indica or Indian figs are a fruit that has been growing in Morocco for centuries. The species has been affected recently by a parasite which pushed the Ministry of Agriculture to develop a plan to protect one of the most popular plants in the country.
The border separating Morocco from Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in the Kingdom, has been reopened on Thursday for the passage of vendors and goods, says EFE. Sources from the local prefecture told the same source that the trade activities were resumed normally today. «On Wednesday afternoon the Ceuta prefecture began allowing Moroccan street vendors, whose livelihood is largely dependent upon trade with the Spanish enclave, to cross at the Tarajal border checkpoint», states
The Moroccan government stated on Wednesday 16th of August that the local economy will grow by 3.2 percent in 2018 as compared to this year (4.8%). The government’s expectations are more positive than the ones published by Morocco’s planning agency (HCP) which indicates that the economy will grow to only 2.9 in 2018. The government suggests that the budget deficit will move down to 3 percent of gross domestic products, less than 3.5 percent registered during the current year, as
Cerastes Vipera is a venomous viper species dwelling in the deserts of North Africa. The reptile is small, it has a large and triangle head with small eyes placed on the junction of the side and top of the head. The Sahara sand viper mostly lives in Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Mali, Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Chad and Egypt. In a video published on The 14th of August by Atheris.earth, an association that improves knowledge about reptiles and amphibians, Cerastes Vipera is filmed moving on the
The former German President (2004-2010), Horst Köhler was officially appointed on Wednesday, 16th of August, the personal envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara. A press release sent by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Rabat, declares that «the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has named Horst Köhler, the former German President, as Personal Envoy for Western Saharav. The statement said that Horst Köhler «will
Morocco is still one of the countries that restrict freedom faith, according to the recent International Religious Freedom report issued by the USA Department of State. Despite the Kingdom’s constitution that guarantees the right to believe, Moroccan Christians, Bahais and Shias are repressed and unable to practice their faith freely.
The Moroccan cycling team will compete in the 2017 UCI Road World Championships scheduled for 17-24 September in Bergen (southern Norway), according to the Royal Moroccan Cycling Federation (FRMC). This qualification comes after the results of the national senior, under-23, and junior teams that will take part of this year’s edition. And it was also included in the program contract concluded by the FRMC with the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Moroccan National Olympic
The Moroccan consul in Almería, Hicham Dehane, is on sick leave after being violently assaulted by a Moroccan national. The 29-year-old man beat him in the office, causing a fracture in his left arm, says La Voz de Almería. The incident took place on the 28th of July, after a man named Adil attacked the consul, annoyed by the slowness of the administrative delays in obtaining his passport. The thirty-year-old would first have been shouting before physically attacking the
Local media platforms have reported on Monday, a very shocking murder that took place during the weekend in Azemmour, a coastal town near El Jadida. According to h24info, a man was arrested for murdering a 14-year-old teenager, eating his heart and drinking his blood. Relying on the story published by the daily newspaper Al Akhbar on Monday, the Attorney General of the Court of Appeal in El Jadida «extended on Saturday by 24 hours, the custody of a person accused of murdering his
Benkirane’s allies are looking forward to reducing the influence of ministers in the General Secretariat. To do so, they suggested to exclude them definitely from the decision making body of the party which opens a new chapter in the history of the PJD.