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Aziz Akhannouch packs his new team with agriculture ministry aides

Moroccan prime minister Aziz Akhannouch at COP26 in Glasgow on 1 November 2021. © Ian Forsyth/Reuters

The new Moroccan prime minister Aziz Akhannouch is putting the finishing touches to his private staff, and has found plenty of room for advisers from his days at the Ministry of Agriculture. [...]

Published on 25/11/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Ichrak Moubsit captains Akhannouch's team in Glasgow

Ichrak Moubsit, head of communications at the Moroccan agriculture ministry since 2009, has followed Aziz Akhannouch and become de facto head of his private office. She was the only adviser to go with him to the COP26 in Glasgow.

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