AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoEU Trade Compliance: SONREP says the European Commission should not include agricultural products from occupied Western Sahara in EU-Morocco trade arrangements, arguing it would breach CJEU rulings that require Sahrawi consent. Human Rights Monitoring: At the UN Human Rights Council, Sahrawi groups presented a 2025 “Year in Review” report documenting nearly 170 violations and warning that the real toll is higher due to bans on independent access and a lack of a permanent monitoring mechanism. Water & Food Security: A Maghreb-focused piece argues water must be treated as a strategic economic and sovereignty issue, not just a technical problem, as droughts, farm competition, and rising desalination costs intensify. Business & Industry Signals: Forbes’ MENA family-business ranking highlights five Moroccan groups among the region’s largest, spanning finance, agriculture, manufacturing and retail—an indicator of continued investment capacity. Security-Linked Industry Context: Separate coverage on defense cooperation and modernization points to growing military-industrial ties in the region, with potential knock-on effects for procurement and infrastructure planning.
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