
Morocco's Olive Oil Exports Set to Double Amid Global Production Slump
While global olive oil production is plummeting for the third consecutive year, Morocco is expected to see its exports double.
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While global olive oil production is plummeting for the third consecutive year, Morocco is expected to see its exports double.

Cited as an example and congratulated by several countries for its strong measures taken to curb covid-19, Morocco is struggling to find its bearings. A few days before the deconfinement, the kingdom is facing several ills, including the increase in contaminations, the lack of communication, and the repatriation of citizens stranded abroad.

The head of the Ain Chock administrative annex has been suspended for failing to enforce the measures enacted under the state of health emergency.

Several mosques will soon be built or renovated in Morocco. This decision by the supervisory ministry should impact places of worship in several regions of the kingdom.

Morocco now has more than 3,000 recovered cases, with the recording of 108 new recoveries overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday. An update from the website dedicated to covid-19 indicates that no deaths have been recorded since May 11.

Thunderstorms will still affect a good part of the regions of Morocco during the day of Wednesday, May 13. The announced temperatures will range from 4 to 33 degrees.

Moroccan airports are preparing to reopen. A note would have been sent to them, inviting them to prepare for the new plan to fight the spread of the new coronavirus.

Blocked in Morocco for nearly two months, Moroccans in Spain are tired of waiting. Faced with the damage suffered, a Spanish association defending the rights of Moroccans residing abroad intends to take legal action against the Moroccan and Spanish governments.

The Ministry of Health received, on Saturday, May 9, a second shipment of FFP2 masks at the Mohammed V airport in Casablanca. A donation from the Al Mada Foundation, these masks, intended for health personnel on the front line in the fight against the covid-19 pandemic, were manufactured in China according to the highest standards of quality and hygiene.

The Moroccan international, Zouhair Feddal, is on Liverpool’s radar. The reigning European champions and Premier League leaders want to recruit him into their squad.

Faced with the crisis related to the covid-19 pandemic in Morocco, the State wants to assume its responsibilities. With the support of the banks, the government has decided to bear the interest generated by the deferral of installments.

The American computer giant, Dell, renewed, in early May, its confidence in MedZ, a subsidiary of CDG Développement, for the renewal of the lease of its site at Casanearshore Park. This site is classified by Dell as a "Center of Excellence".