
Moroccan Food Industry Seeks Urgent Aid Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Food professionals in Morocco are taking the field. Battered by the effects of the health crisis related to the Covid-19 pandemic, they are calling for help while making proposals.
Nadia El A.

Food professionals in Morocco are taking the field. Battered by the effects of the health crisis related to the Covid-19 pandemic, they are calling for help while making proposals.

Among the countries most affected by mobile threats, Morocco ranks 4th globally in terms of the number of users. This position of the kingdom in 2020 is particularly linked to the Covid-19 theme exploited by hackers.

Europe must make a realistic decision on the Sahara issue. This is what the former Spanish Foreign Minister, Ana Palacio, demands in an op-ed after the American recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara.

Once again, Morocco emerges victorious from the diplomatic battle against Algeria, which has worked hard to have the "SADR" admitted to the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The General Assembly of the institution has just whistled the end of the Algerian dream.

While the epidemiological indicators are stabilizing in Morocco, other symptoms sow doubt and even concern in people’s minds. These new signals confirm the presence of new variants in the kingdom.

Morocco has ordered nearly one million doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus. The details for the completion of this delivery, which will have to go through several stages, are in progress.

The great potential of Moroccan waters attracts investors from the Basque Country. Their emissaries have been staying in Morocco since this Monday to study the opportunities offered by this sector.

At the call of several organizations and civil society, a rally was organized this Sunday on the Place de la République in Paris, to "alert national and international public opinion against the "separatism" law and the Islamophobic practices it will reinforce.

To avoid natural disasters, a source of many material and human damages, Morocco must implement the national action plan for the management of natural disaster risks presented by the Ministry of the Interior in February. The international NGO Greenpeace strongly urges it to do so.

The government council, on Thursday, March 4, adopted the implementing texts of Law No. 28-13, related to the regulation of biomedical research and clinical trials in Morocco . This adoption confirms the activities implemented by the teams of the Ministry of Health for about two years.

Casablanca Finance City Authority (CFCA) and the Financial Service Development Council (FSDC) of Hong Kong are strengthening their collaboration. In a press release, the two financial centers indicate that they have just signed an agreement that lays the foundations for an exchange of best practices in terms of development of the financial industry.

For the month of January 2021, the subsidy on butane gas and sugar reached 1.196 billion dirhams (MDH) compared to 1.236 billion dirhams in January 2020. This is what the recent information bulletin from the Compensation Fund indicated.