The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has announced it will conduct a second court-ordered remand review in the countervailing duty case involving phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco, reads a Federal Register document published on Tuesday. This follows an April 22, 2025 ruling by the U.S. Court of International Trade, which again asked the Commission to better justify its finding that Moroccan and Russian imports harmed the U.S. domestic industry. The case dates back to March
Bread is a cornerstone of Moroccan culinary traditions, and its methods of preparation reflect influences from several ancient cultures, from Mesopotamia to the western Mediterranean, including ancient Egypt and Greece. Archaeological findings suggest that bread-making may have emerged during the Neolithic era, if not earlier. In Amazigh tradition, tafarnout embodies the evolution of these age-old practices.
Danish shipping and logistics giant DFDS is close to buying the core business of Spain’s Naviera Armas, its operations in the Strait of Gibraltar, which generate 60% of the company’s profits and oversee the vital Spain-Morocco migration route. According to El Confidencial, DFDS has reached a preliminary agreement worth €300 million with investment funds JP Morgan and Barings, who rescued Naviera Armas from default in 2023. The Canary Islands-based company fell into financial
The Spanish government will allocate €113,000 to cover meal costs for Moroccan military personnel undergoing training at the public shipbuilding company Navantia. The funding covers meals for personnel participating in various training programs at the San Fernando shipyard, under a bilateral agreement with Morocco. The contract includes specific requirements: certified halal meat and a strict ban on alcohol and pork. According to the contract terms, «meals must be balanced and
From June 13 to 24, Moroccan duo Aïta Mon Amour, Widad Mjama and Khalil EPI, will tour across Morocco to present Abda, a bold debut album that bridges the ancestral sounds of Aïta with contemporary electronic music. Organized by the French Institute of Morocco, the tour will stop in Agadir, Essaouira, El Jadida, Kénitra, Meknès, Fès, Tétouan, and Tangier, reads a press release on Tuesday. Rooted in the powerful oral tradition of the Cheikhates, female
The Paris Criminal Court is set to open the trial this Tuesday of sixteen far-right activists accused of plotting violent attacks against Muslims in France between 2017 and 2018. The defendants, members of the group known as Action des Forces Opérationnelles (AFO), are being prosecuted while free, following an anti-terrorism judge’s order in August 2024 to bring them before the court. The thirteen men and three women face charges of criminal conspiracy with intent to commit
A few days ago, the primary court in the city of Safi sentenced activist Abdelfettah Houfi to prison, fines, and the loss of his civil and political rights over a Facebook post he published last January. He was sentenced to four years in prison, fined 40,000 dirhams, and stripped of his right to vote or run for office, effectively depriving him of all civil and political rights as well as the right to hold any honorary titles. The court also ruled him ineligible to serve as a juror or
With a turnout of barely 30.58%, the referendum to ease naturalization rules and abolish four labor market liberalization laws in Italy fell far short of validation. Held on June 8 and 9, the vote was annulled due to insufficient participation, failing to meet the required quorum of over 50%. The referendum focused on reducing the residency requirement for non-European nationals, who have no marital or blood ties to Italy, from ten to five years as a condition for applying for Italian
The World Bank has approved a $350 million financing package to support Morocco’s Service Intra-métropolitain Rapproché (SIR) program, a major urban rail initiative in Greater Casablanca. The project aims to expand electrified passenger rail services, improve access to jobs and essential services, and promote sustainable urban mobility, the World Bank said in a press release dated Monday, June 9. Centered in Morocco’s railway hub, the SIR program will upgrade 73 km of
Morocco is donating 2,000 tons of fertilizer to Ghana, Ghanaian Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announced on X. He also highlighted that food security cooperation between Rabat and Accra will include technical support for the construction of a modern fertilizer manufacturing plant in Ghana. The topic of fertilizers was briefly discussed by Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccans Living Abroad, Nasser Bourita, during a press briefing last
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