Morocco: 60% of water needs to be met by desalination
The Moroccan Water Minister said that 60% of Morocco's drinking water needs will be met by the desalination of seawater...
Agriculture
EU Parliament: Moroccan products to EU will not change label
The EU Parliament has rejected a proposal to change the labels of Moroccan products originating from the Western Sahara, which...
Japan’s food tech innovations aim to boost global food security
Japan is developing high-tech farming techniques and training women farmers to help address global food shortages, reported Africanews via Euronews...
Polisario Front to challenge Morocco-EU agriculture agreement
The Polisario Front is set to challenge the new Morocco-EU agricultural deal which has been provisionally agreed at the Court...
Mauritania-Senegal: WHO reports 42 deaths from Rift Valley Fever
The World Health Organization on November 5th announced that the Rift Valley Fever has led to 42 deaths, with over...
Chad: $31 million loan to boost food security and energy
The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) loaned Chad $31 million, consisting of two concessional loans addressing urgent food security...
Women in Nairobi restoring traditional agriculture
A group of Nubian women in the slums of Kibera, Nairobi, have been turning derelict urban areas into agricultural ground,...
The Nairobi women reviving traditional agriculture
In the slums of Kibera in Nairobi, a group of Nubian women are turning neglected urban spaces into fertile grounds...
Occupied West Bank: Israeli settlers escalate violence
Israeli settlers attacked olive pickers in the occupied West Bank, while Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in Nablus on...
Nigerian designer leads masterclass in Rome on World Cotton Day
Nigerian designer, Alphadi, marked World Cotton Day with a masterclass at Rome’s Academy of Fashion, celebrating African cotton and design,...
Reports confirm Morocco’s stable investment-grade rating
According to the Moroccan government-friendly news outlet The North Africa Post on September 30, Fitch Ratings, an American firm dedicated to...
Morocco reaffirms focus on development at UN general Assembly
Morocco sets its focus on development projects to the UN amid rising climate issues. According to Yabiladi on September 24th,...
Esther Ngumbi: The agricultural fixes Africa needs
Despite a global decline in hunger last year, Africa faced growing rates of undernourishment. To tackle this, attention has turned...
Jasmine farmers in Egypt struggle as climate change cuts harvests
Jasmine Farmers in Egypt are struggling as the country’s increasingly hot summers cause jasmine harvests to fall dramatically. Many farming...
Yemen to face extreme floods threatening agriculture, UN warns
The UN warned on August 15th that Yemen faces the risk of widespread floods during the present rainy season, putting already...
